Senior Software Engineer - Real-time Data
Bloomberg
Software Engineering
New York, NY, USA
Posted on May 22, 2026
Bloomberg’s Real-time Data group is responsible for distributing low-latency, high-volume data (financial, news, sentiment) to users around the world. From equity prices to FX rates, our infrastructure handles hundreds of billions of messages per day from 370+ global exchanges. It provides data to Terminal users as well as enterprise consumers of data from BPIPEs across on-prem and cloud environments. The many teams of Real-time Data are responsible for both the generation of the data and the management of the infrastructure that carries this data to our customers. Given the scale, speed, and business critical nature of our product, we’re constantly focused on scalability, reliability and performance.
Who are you?
- You’re excited about building services, APIs and workflows across a wide array of technologies. You enjoy engaging with many teams across Bloomberg to solve complex problems and move our products forward. Most importantly, you care deeply about being a part of and building an inclusive and diverse team culture.
- We will trust you to:
- Design and build services and APIs with in-house and open source technologies
- Become an expert in distributed architecture and leverage it to drive the design of our infrastructure for multiple product teams
- Collaborate closely with a variety of groups within Bloomberg, including Engineering, Product, Security and CTO, to drive solutions to completion
You'll need to have:
- 4+ years working with an object-oriented programming language (such as C/C++, Java, Python)
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, similar field of study or equivalent work experience
- A background in building reliable, well-tested software for production systems
- Confidence diagnosing and resolving live operational issues
- Strong communication skills — able to work across teams and influence peers. Comfort and confidence in collaborating with peers, partners and management
- A track record of helping teams plan, prioritize, and deliver complex technical projects
- An understanding of fundamental concepts like compute, storage, file system etc.
- An effective approach to problem-solving
- Systems and APIs design skills
We'd love to see:
- Experience with observability tools like Grafana and OpenTelemetry.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools and processes.
- Experience with Linux environment and system administration
- Open-source contributions or participation in technical communities