Senior Backend Engineer - Developer Experience New York, NY Posted today

Bloomberg L.P.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial technology is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance developer productivity and satisfaction by architecting backend services. You will play a vital role in developing resilient systems that manage high data volumes, while engaging closely with engineers across the organization. This position requires strong design principles and collaboration to deliver operational excellence in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Disability inclusive employer

Diversity-focused workplace

Flexible adjustments during recruitment

Qualifications

• 4+ years working with an object-oriented programming language (C/C++, Python, Java).
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle.
• Solid background in backend engineering and systems design.

Responsibilities

• Help architect and develop backend services around real-time pipelines and analytics engines.
• Provide support, documentation, and education for developers.
• Drive initiatives to improve the developer workflow.

Skills

Object-oriented programming

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Proactive monitoring

Education

Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent

Tools

Coding tools

Development tools

Job description

At Bloomberg, we design systems that power the world's financial markets. We are looking for a senior engineer to help enable the engineers who build those systems. On the Developer Experience team, the focus is not the financial domain but the core developers, with an emphasis on their productivity, impact, and satisfaction. The role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex environments, enjoys deep technical challenges, and delivers resilient systems.

Where possible, we use company and industry standard tools to enhance our build, test, development, and release processes. We also adopt, innersource, and build tools ourselves to reduce friction in the software development life cycle to rapidly deliver reliable software in a scalable environment. The team often provides configuration, automation, and recommendations to help bootstrap developers with fast, safe, reliable processes. Since our direct customers are in-house developers, we continually engage with them to understand their needs and advertise ongoing improvements. Curiosity, creativity, and enthusiasm are a must!

As a member of the Developer Experience team with a focus on infrastructure, you will help architect and develop backend services built around Bloomberg's real-time pipelines, analytics engines, and critical infrastructure. Since these systems handle immense data volumes with strict latency and uptime requirements, the tooling around them must build confidence and reliability in those systems. You will be expected to apply strong design principles to existing validation systems and offer consultation for new systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, and easy to maintain.

We are looking for a self-driven Senior Software Engineer to help enhance these systems and lead new initiatives to further improve the developer workflow. You will work closely with engineers across Bloomberg to evolve our existing infrastructure, drive adoption of best practices, and contribute to platform-wide projects for operational excellence. We place a strong emphasis on automation, testing, and proactive monitoring, and we expect you to be a leader in these areas. Realize your impact in an already productive, experienced area with a culture that values efficiency, pragmatism, technical rigor.

You can expect to help us with:

• Developer environments, settings, and configurations

• Tools, processes, and policies for code owners

• Support, education, and documentation for developers

We'll trust you to:

• Partner with users to understand their needs

• Collaborate across multiple teams to perform cross-cutting work

• Work independently, drive initiatives, and measure impact

You'll need to have:

• 4+ years working with an object oriented programming language (C/C++, Python, Java, etc.)

• A degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, similar field of study, or equivalent work experience

• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle

• A passion of improving the developer environment

• A drive to partner and collaborate with users and team members

We'd love to see:

• Familiarity with third-party, industry development tools

• Solid background in backend engineering and systems design

• Experience in making upstream contributions

• A mindset for operational excellence and troubleshooting

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.

Bloomberg is a disability inclusive employer. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for the recruitment process. If you would prefer to discuss this confidentially, please email [e-mail]