Senior Frontend Infrastructure Software Engineer - Trade Automation & Execution

Bloomberg

New York, NY

Full Time

Senior

160k-240k

3 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Join the Pioneers of Trading Technology: Imagine working on a team that's revolutionizing the way financial markets operate, with trillions of dollars traded on your systems every day. Cross-Asset Trading System (CATS) is a flexible trading blotter that allows Bloomberg teams to configure, customize, and run any trading application. We are replacing legacy systems and building new infrastructure using the latest technologies, making it cheaper to create and maintain new trading applications. You'll be building scalable, reliable, high volume platforms and solving some of the toughest problems in software with industry experts. As a senior software engineer at CATS Actions Middleware, you'll be part of a full-stack platform team that's pushing the boundaries of what's possible with TypeScript. Our mission is to onboard and unite the trading system worlds and reimagine the trading experience to create new, powerful workflows.

Key Responsibilities

Lead critical projects and design features that will help shape the future of trading technology
Collaborate with product managers and engineering teams across Bloomberg to onboard onto the platform and improve understanding of the trading ecosystem
Work with and drive the incorporation of cutting-edge technologies to offer next-generation trading functionality to clients and improve development practices
Develop and deploy backend services to store user application configurations
Develop client-side services that enhance data subscription pipelines to support multiple instruments in more performant ways
Enhance the platform to expand APIs and plugins to make the platform more customizable
Reimagine and simplify customer workflows through creative problem-solving
Experiment, take risks, and learn from mistakes to foster growth and innovation
Learn from experienced engineers and mentors, and share knowledge to drive team growth

Requirements

Programming experience in TypeScript/JavaScript
A desire to learn about the different trading ecosystems
Good communication skills and ability to explain technical problems to non-technical stakeholders
A desire to deepen knowledge and understanding of JavaScript/TypeScript
Strong software engineering mindset and advocate for SDLC best practices
A desire to learn, understand, and scale existing systems, and share knowledge
An open mind to new technologies and practices

Nice to Have

Experience developing trading applications
Familiarity with Redux or React
Experience developing generic platforms, APIs, or plugins
Experience leading large projects with multiple stakeholders
Experience mentoring junior engineers

Qualifications

Experience in software development, preferably with trading applications
Proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript

Benefits & Perks

Salary range of 160000 - 240000 USD annually plus benefits and bonus
Comprehensive and generous benefits plan including merit increases, incentive compensation, paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability benefits, 401(k) with match, life insurance, and wellness programs

Working at Bloomberg

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