Senior Software Engineer - VAULT

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

Job summary

A leading finance and technology company in London is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build high-performance data pipelines and services. The candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and proven experience in distributed systems and object-oriented programming. This role offers a chance to work with modern technologies like Kafka and Spark while contributing to an inclusive team culture.

Qualifications

• Proven professional experience in an object-oriented programming language.
• Deep background in distributed, high-volume, high-availability systems.
• Experience with big data ecosystems like Kafka and Spark.

Responsibilities

• Build high-performance, distributed data pipelines and services.
• Lead technical direction and ensure alignment with business needs.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to an inclusive team culture.

Skills

Object-oriented programming

Distributed systems

AI development tools

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

Spark

Flink

Cassandra

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - VAULT

Location

London

Business Area

Engineering and CTO

Ref #

10046502

Description & Requirements

Bloomberg VAULT is the trusted platform for storing, surveilling, and reconstructing customer communications and financial transaction data across global enterprises. Thousands of organizations depend on VAULT to manage compliance across Bloomberg Message, Instant Bloomberg, Email, Messaging, Mobile, Files, Trades, Voice, and Social Media (MS Teams, Slack, Zoom, etc.).

Our cloud infrastructure processes millions of messages daily and stores trillions of archived objects. We are rapidly expanding our offerings and enhancing VAULT to meet the scale and complexity of modern compliance workflows.

What We Build:

• Communications surveillance

• Archival and search across communications and trades

• Trade reconstruction

• Case management

• Web-based applications

• The platform foundation powering all VAULT applications, ensuring consistency and scalability across Bloomberg

Big Data Management

At the core of VAULT is big data at scale. Our systems handle massive ingestion pipelines, long-term storage, and high-performance querying. We leverage distributed technologies (Kafka, Spark, Flink, Cassandra, Airflow, etc.) to deliver resilient, low-latency access to trillions of records, while continuously optimizing for scalability, efficiency, and reliability.

We’ll trust you to:

• Build high-performance, distributed data pipelines and services

• Lead technical direction and ensure alignment with business needs

• Collaborate across teams using modern open-source tech (Kafka, FastAPI, Airflow, Spark, etc.)

• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to an inclusive team culture

You will need to have:

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

• Proven professional experience in an object-oriented programming language

• Deep background in distributed, high-volume, high-availability systems

• Fluency in AI development tools

We would love to see:

• Experience with big data ecosystems (Kafka, Spark, Flink, Cassandra, Redis, Airflow)

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and S3-compatible storage

• SaaS/PaaS development experience

• Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Bloomberg is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

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