Senior Software Engineer & Editorial Apps & Platforms

Bloomberg L.P.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global news organization is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build scalable applications for its editorial and research workflow. This role involves owning the full software development lifecycle and collaborating with journalists and analysts. The ideal candidate has strong object-oriented programming skills, experience in producing high-quality full-stack applications, and a passion for enabling content creators through impactful tools. This is a unique opportunity to shape tools for a major newsroom.

Benefits

Impact on influential newsroom operations

Collaborative engineering culture

Opportunities across multiple product areas

Qualifications

• Strong experience in an object-oriented programming language (Python, C++, Java, etc.).
• Experience building robust, production-grade full-stack applications.
• Ability to collaborate with non-technical and technical users alike.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable, full-stack applications using various technologies.
• Own the full software development lifecycle including architecture and design.
• Work with editors and reporters to craft intuitive solutions.

Skills

Object-oriented programming languages

Full-stack application development

Collaboration with users

Building empowering tools

Tools

Python

Typescript

React/NextJS

Kafka

Redis

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Editorial Apps & Platforms

Location

London

Business Area

Engineering and CTO

Ref #

10048322

Description & Requirements

Bloomberg News, Research, and Media make up one of the world’s largest and most influential news organizations - more than 2,700 journalists and analysts across 120+ countries - delivering market-moving reporting at global scale. Our award-winning journalism, recognized with multiple Pulitzer Prizes, Loeb Awards, and Emmys, drives decision‑making for business leaders, investors, and policymakers every day.

We are responsible for the full product suite behind Bloomberg’s editorial and research workflow - including content discovery platforms, analyst coding environments, research & content management systems.

Our teams builds tools that enable content creators to:

• Discover insights buried in massive datasets

• Write, edit, visualize, and publish high‑impact stories

• Collaborate to build content in real time

• Personalize workflows across editorial domains

• Accelerate research and reduce time‑to‑market

• Leverage AI to uncover narratives and optimize content delivery

Our mission is simple:

Build software to generate real‑time content, visual insights, and analysis that give Bloomberg clients an edge in monitoring markets around the world.

This mission unifies the entire Editorial Apps & Platforms portfolio - from discovery to data analysis to publishing - ensuring Bloomberg’s content creators can produce trusted, market‑moving insights with unprecedented speed and intelligence.

Where We’re Going

In 2026 and beyond, we’re bringing these ecosystems together under a unified vision:

• AI‑native editorial workflows (story optimization, metadata inference, human‑in‑the‑loop content drafting)

• Personalized content tools based on user roles, beats, and expertise

• Faster, more robust publishing pipelines, helping us automate how editors promote stories

• Cross‑platform editorial collaboration

• Modernized web‑first authoring and data analysis tools

• Consistent metadata governance & quality

What You’ll Do:

As a Senior Software Engineer in Editorial Apps & Platforms, you will:

• Build scalable, full‑stack applications using technologies such as Python, Typescript, React/NextJS, Kafka, Redis and Bloomberg’s internal platforms.

• Own the full software development lifecycle: architecture, design, coding, testing, deployment, and support.

• Work directly with editors, reporters, analysts, economists, researchers, and product managers to understand their workflows and craft intuitive, high‑impact solutions.

• Develop re‑usable federated web applications powering editorial and research content creation.

• Contribute to the modernization of our CMS platforms, coding environments, and content discovery tools.

• Experiment with AI, NLP, and automation to improve quality, reduce friction, and accelerate content creation.

• Uphold high standards for code quality, testing, CI, resilience, and maintainability.

You’ll Need to Have:

• Strong experience in an object‑oriented programming language (Python, C++, Java, etc.).

• Experience building robust, production‑grade full‑stack applications.

• Ability to collaborate with non‑technical and technical users alike.

• A passion for enabling others - building tools that empower content creators.

We’d love to see:

• Experience with React/NextJS, Typescript, modern web UI patterns, and real‑time collaboration frameworks.

• Background in data pipelines, large‑scale data processing, Kafka, Trino, Iceberg, or analytics tooling.

• Experience in CMS development, newsroom engineering, or news vendor applications.

• Interest in NLP, generative AI, personalization systems, or content quality models.

• Experience mentoring teammates and shaping engineering culture.

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

• Direct impact on how the world’s most influential newsroom and research organization operates.

• Close partnerships with journalists and analysts - real users with mission‑critical needs.

• A collaborative, supportive engineering culture across New York, London, and Princeton.

• Opportunities to work across multiple product areas, from CMS to data platforms to editorial AI.

• Regular team events, hackathons, cross‑Atlantic collaboration, and a thriving community of content‑focused engineers.

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