Senior Software Engineer - Access Control

Bloomberg; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Bloomberg’s Access Control team builds enterprise-grade software powering privilege management and policy enforcement across Bloomberg Terminal and internal platforms.

You will design scalable systems that protect sensitive data while enabling authorized access for thousands of users, collaborating across engineering, infrastructure, and risk teams to deliver reliable access solutions at global scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software design, development, and release experience in C++, Java, C#, or Python.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify critical problems with business partners and architect secure, scalable solutions to protect data.
• Own product outcomes and collaborate across engineering, infrastructure, and risk teams to deliver user-friendly features.

Skills

C++

Java

C#

Python

Education

Computer Science or Engineering degree or equivalent

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Redis

memCached

CI/CD

Linux

Job description

The Access Control team sits at the center of Bloomberg’s security infrastructure. Our platforms power entitlement enforcement, access governance, and secure data access across Bloomberg’s internal applications and infrastructure. The systems we build are deeply integrated into critical Bloomberg workflows and are designed to operate at enterprise scale with high availability, resilience, and transparency.

Location
New York

Business Area
Engineering and CTO

Ref #
10051628

Description & Requirements

The Access Control team sits at the center of Bloomberg’s security infrastructure. Our platforms power entitlement enforcement, access governance, and secure data access across Bloomberg’s internal applications and infrastructure. The systems we build are deeply integrated into critical Bloomberg workflows and are designed to operate at enterprise scale with high availability, resilience, and transparency.

Our Team

The Access Control team safeguards Bloomberg’s data and functionality through modern, highly available access control infrastructure. We play a critical role in Bloomberg’s data security and risk management initiatives - protecting information across every layer of the company’s technical stack.

Our team builds and maintains enterprise-grade applications and services that power privilege management workflows and policy enforcement across Bloomberg. The entitlement checking infrastructure we own is among the most heavily used at the company, underpinning Bloomberg Terminal functions and internal enterprise platforms.

We Develop Scalable Systems And Tooling That Provide

• Enterprise-wide entitlement enforcement and access governance
• Infrastructure for policy enforcement and auditability
• Automated workflows for secure access management
• Internal applications and tooling integrated into the Bloomberg Terminal
• Highly available entitlement infrastructure supporting critical Bloomberg workflows

Our work requires deep technical expertise and close collaboration across engineering, infrastructure, and risk stakeholders to ensure secure, reliable, and scalable access systems. In a rapidly evolving security landscape, we build future-proof solutions that help protect Bloomberg’s data and services at global scale.

We'll Trust You To

In this role, you will work closely with our business partners to identify critical problems and architect the solutions that can effectively protect sensitive data while reducing the need for human intervention. The software solutions that you create will directly affect the daily work of our internal users.

We'll Expect You To Be

• The owner of the product - you will work closely with the business to build effective and user-friendly products
• A solid team player - you will work within the team and outside the team in a highly, collaborative environment
• Innovative - you need to think outside of the box when coming up with technical solutions that deliver business value
• Passionate - you're passionate about our diverse set of users and products
• Proactive - you'll contribute ideas on everything from UI, product, tech stack and our development flow

You'll Need To Have

• 5+ years of professional experience designing, developing, and releasing high-quality software in C++, Java, C#, and/or Python
• A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, similar field of study or equivalent work experience

We'd Love To See

• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript
• Strong analytical and creative problem solving skills
• Professional experience working in a Linux environment
• Collaborate effectively with multiple teams and product stakeholders to deliver products
• Microservices / Distributed architecture / complex workflows experience.
• Prior work with middleware technology (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Experience with caching technology (e.g. Redis, memCached)
• Database schema design, performance optimization skills and query tuning
• Familiar with unit testing, CI/CD and Dev-Ops

Salary Range = 160,000 - 240,000 USD Annual + Benefits + Bonus

The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.

We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation (exempt roles only), paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.

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