Buyside Enterprise Solutions Pre-Sales Engineer - API Specialist, Enterprise Sales

Bloomberg L.P.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services company is seeking an experienced Pre-Sales Engineer - API Specialist to enhance enterprise sales. This role involves collaborating with sales teams, supporting strategic client engagements, and developing tailored product demonstrations. Candidates should have strong API knowledge, client facing experience in financial services, and an understanding of buyside solutions. Enthusiasm for driving client success in financial technology is essential.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of API technologies and client facing experience.
• Proven experience in Financial Services or Financial Technology.
• Ability to spot trends and establish credibility with clients.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Sales teams to achieve sales targets.
• Support client engagements and deliver tailored demonstrations.
• Lead the development of RFP/RFI responses.

Skills

API technologies

Bloomberg Query Language (BQL)

Python

SQL

Client facing experience

Financial Services knowledge

Understanding of Performance and Risk solutions

Job description

Overview

Buyside Enterprise Solutions Pre-Sales Engineer - API Specialist, Enterprise Sales

Location: London

Business Area: Sales and Client Service

Ref #: 10046762

Description

Bloomberg’s Buyside Enterprise Solutions offer a comprehensive suite of integrated tools that empower investment professionals globally. These include research management, order and portfolio management, as well as performance and risk analytics — all tailored to streamline workflows and enable precise decision-making across all asset classes.

From targeted tools to complete end-to-end workflows, our integrated services are designed to exponentially increase productivity and efficiency for our clients!

What’s the role?

We are seeking an experienced Pre-Sales Engineer with deep knowledge of buyside workflows, especially Performance and Risk solutions, and a focus on API technology to join our growing team. This role supports the pre-sales process, working closely with Enterprise Sales to design and present client-specific solutions using our API Solutions. You'll serve as a strategic advisor, helping drive revenue growth, product adoption and providing invaluable direction to our API Strategy.

You’ll be trusted to

• Collaborate with Sales teams to achieve sales targets by deeply engaging with prospects and existing clients to understand their operational needs.
• Support strategic client engagements through discovery meetings at every stage of the sales life cycle, delivering exceptional proof-of-concepts and tailored client demonstrations.
• Operate within a consultative framework — identifying client challenges, articulating solution fit, and pitching tailored, value-driven propositions.
• Work closely with Sales and Product Managers to relay market insights, product feedback, and emerging industry trends.
• Lead or contribute to the development of RFP/RFI responses, coordinating with Operations, Product, Legal & Compliance, and Sales to ensure timely and complete submissions.
• Maintain a strong understanding of Bloomberg’s products and services, buyside operating models, and the broader competitive landscape.
• Partner with Implementation, Enterprise Technology, and Product teams to design solutions and target operating models for complex, multi-stakeholder sales opportunities.
• Ensure a seamless transition from sales to implementation by facilitating structured handovers and comprehensive knowledge transfer.

Requirements

• A strong, proven knowledge of API technologies including practical knowledge of Bloomberg Query Language (BQL), Python, or SQL.
• A deep understanding of Performance and Risk solutions for the Buyside
• Client facing experience in Financial Services or a Financial Technology company in the past 5 years or experience working with APIs within the Buyside workflow.
• Relevant experience to be able to gather detailed client requirements, building product demonstrations and developing these through workshops to support the sales lifecycle; this could be from either a sales, relationship management or implementation approach
• The ability to spot trends, new opportunities and establish credibility with our clients by understanding their business and workflows.
• Experience interacting and influencing senior collaborators, either internally or externally.

Nice to have

• A second European language
• The ability to travel depending on client requirements

How to apply

If this sounds like you:

If you’re passionate about helping clients succeed with groundbreaking financial solutions, we’d love to hear from you!

https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/solutions/asset-management/

Equal Opportunity

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