Senior Real-Time Market Data Platform Engineer

Bloomberg; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloomberg in London is seeking a software engineer for the Ticker Plant team in Engineering and CTO, focusing on real-time market data systems.

You will write production code in C++ and Python, design scalable systems, and collaborate across teams to ensure performance and reliability. The role emphasizes debugging, instrumentation, and operations support.

Candidates should have OO language experience (C/C++/Python/Java), Linux/Unix expertise, and a passion for robustness and fault-tolerance.

Qualifications

• Experience with an object-oriented programming language such as C, C++, Python, or Java.
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, a similar field of study, or equivalent work experience.
• Prior contributions to system design and architecture, including scaling fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• An honest approach to problem-solving and the ability to collaborate with peers, partners, and management.
• In-depth knowledge of Linux/Unix
• Experience with blameless postmortems
• A passion for performance excellence, robustness, and an engineering mindset

Responsibilities

• Write production-quality code, including reading, debugging, and developing software.
• Build software that defines the environment in which component software runs.
• Create dashboards to analyse current load and latency and plan for anticipated changes.
• Build toolkits that enable software instrumentation.
• Develop self-service platform technology for routine operations and incident response.
• Integrate code with components across the entire system.
• Collaborate with component teams to assess workflows and design appropriate interfaces.
• Build applications that support workflows via self-service or automation.
• Ensure new features are supportable in production without increasing operational load.
• Advise component teams on existing solutions and fill gaps where needed.
• Assess the impact of proposed system changes before production.
• Investigate and resolve unexpected system behaviour and root-cause issues

Skills

C

C++

Python

Java

Linux/Unix

Blameless postmortems

Collaboration

Performance mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent

Tools

Java

Python

Linux

Unix

Backbone

Job description

Bloomberg in London is seeking a software engineer for the Ticker Plant team in Engineering and CTO, focusing on real-time market data systems.

You will write production code in C++ and Python, design scalable systems, and collaborate across teams to ensure performance and reliability. The role emphasizes debugging, instrumentation, and operations support.

Candidates should have OO language experience (C/C++/Python/Java), Linux/Unix expertise, and a passion for robustness and fault-tolerance.