Senior Platform Engineer - Proxy & Connectivity

Bloomberg; Ireland; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloomberg seeks a Senior Software Engineer to help build the Proxy & Connectivity Platform in Dublin. The role centers on designing and operating a production-scale platform that manages proxy and observability infrastructure, with emphasis on automation, safety, and reliability.

You will own end-to-end platform development, collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor others, and influence architecture as the platform evolves for Bloomberg's clients worldwide.

Qualifications

• Experience building and operating production software platforms.
• Ability to reason through ambiguous technical problems and make sound design decisions.
• Strong written, verbal, and diagram-based communication skills.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and build software systems that manage proxy and observability infrastructure safely at scale.
• Build deployment, configuration, validation, and observability platforms for production infrastructure.
• Add safety, automation, and controls around change management to simplify reviews and rollbacks.
• Improve telemetry, alerting, and health checks for easier diagnosis.
• Operate the production infrastructure with on-call rotation.

Skills

Functional programming

Object-oriented programming

Production systems

Engineering judgment

Communication skills

Education

CS/Engineering degree

Tools

Humio

Splunk

Grafana

Prometheus

KVM virtualization

Job description

Bloomberg seeks a Senior Software Engineer to help build the Proxy & Connectivity Platform in Dublin. The role centers on designing and operating a production-scale platform that manages proxy and observability infrastructure, with emphasis on automation, safety, and reliability.

You will own end-to-end platform development, collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor others, and influence architecture as the platform evolves for Bloomberg's clients worldwide.