Senior Software Engineer - Trading Automation & Insights
Bloomberg
Software Engineering
New York, NY, USA
Posted on Nov 1, 2025
The Trade Automation & Insights team sits at the crossroads of workflow automation, intelligent trading analytics, and high-performance infrastructure. Our team is building innovative software that enables clients to automate their trading flows, increase their efficiency as well as discover opportunities in fast-moving markets using our industry’s leading trading analytics.
As trading volumes soar and real-time decision-making becomes essential, we’re focused on helping clients trade smarter, faster, and with greater confidence. From automation that scales execution, to actionable, context-aware analytics, to API-driven integrations that enable programmability — our mission is to redefine how modern trading happens.
Our Mission is to enable traders to execute with efficiency, precision, and intelligence — at scale and in real time. Today’s markets demand more than just fast execution. They require intelligent workflows that adapt to conditions, analytics that are contextual and actionable, and infrastructure that is stable and API-first, laying the foundation for AI-driven innovation.
As part of our team, you’ll work closely with engineers across Bloomberg to design and build the next generation of our automation and analytic ecosystem. You’ll help drive innovation which will redefine how modern trading gets done. As trading volumes rise and markets move faster than ever, your work will directly shape how clients make real-time decisions with speed and precision. You’ll join a culture that values technical excellence and innovation. Whether you’re building low-latency services that scale across asset classes, optimizing algorithms for smarter execution, or improving system observability and resilience, your focus will be on creating technology that’s robust, performant, and impactful.
What we Offer:
- The opportunity to work with cutting-edge stream processing frameworks and distributed systems in a high-performance trading environment
- The chance to contribute to scalable, cloud-native architectures to deliver industry standard trade analytics and a premier trading automation solution in the market
- Exposure to a variety of trading products and engineering teams, with opportunities to gain experience with Bloomberg's trading platforms
- A collaborative environment where innovation, continuous learning, and cross-team engagement are encouraged
You’ll Need to Have:
- 4+ years working with an object-oriented programming language (C++, Java, Python)
- A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, similar field of study or equivalent work experience
- A proactive mindset with a desire to learn new technologies, explore new problem domains, and work across different parts of the tech stack
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
We’d Love to See:
- Experience building scalable, distributed systems with focus on code quality and testing.
- Experience in system design and developing software that is high quality, modular, scalable.
- Experience with open-source technologies like KAFKA, Redis and Apache Flink
- Exposure to cloud-native development, Docker, and modern deployment practices
- A willingness to learn and work on all parts of the application stack and have a high degree of ownership over code and projects