Senior Software Engineer - Risk and Performance Platform London, GBR Posted yesterday

Every day, trillions of dollars pass through the Bloomberg Terminal. As a result, hundreds of thousands of financial professionals rely on our enterprise applications to manage their portfolios, execute their trades and analyze the markets. Bloomberg Engineers build the applications our clients rely on to not just stay informed, but stay ahead of the market. We connect supply and demand across all asset classes on worldwide exchanges. The Market Risk team is currently at the forefront of Bloomberg’s Risk offering. Our team builds Risk solutions for both buy-side and sell-side enterprise clients in the Terminal and programmatic APIs. We employ a wide range of technologies to help us manage our distributed calculation farm that handles billions of computations daily. We continue to expand our offering specifically in the risk domain, to support a wide range of technological and product requirements. Some of our recent work includes the speed up of VaR calculations and horizontal scaling of our calculation farms. We\’ll trust you to: Work directly with product owners to build products that our clients use to tackle complex problems Take ownership of technical solutions, development and delivery to production Develop in all levels of an application stack, from the client to server side Be open to learning and using any language needed for the role (mainly C++) You’ll need to have: A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, similar field of study or equivalent work experience. Hands-on experience in developing risk solutions using C++ (or other object oriented language) Experience building software applications for the Fintech domain Deep understanding of the Risk domain and regulations with emphasis on Market Risk (full valuation Value at Risk, term structure risk, historical and predictive stress test scenarios) Deep knowledge of market risk factors and how they impact security valuations Good understanding of cross assets pricing and valuation Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across different stakeholders We’d love to see: Design experience in distributed systems Experience in harnessing approximation methodologies to increase scalability Experience in clients’ facing API development using Rest Experience in producing technical requirements for financial products 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 amer_recruit@bloomberg.net #J-18808-Ljbffr