Foundational Applications C++ Developer

Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas.

The Foundational Applications department builds some of the most innovative and heavily used applications and infrastructure in the financial industry. We work on communication systems, compliance and archiving solutions, charts and visualizations, news, search and recommendation systems and big data infrastructure.

Our developers operate at the intersection of in-depth technical research and an aggressive time-to-market. We not only own the full life cycle for the products we build, but also work closely with our business counterparts and UX design teams to strategize on next generation features and functionality. We are dedicated to using and contributing to open source, have an active presence at industry conferences and collaborate with top universities.

• We are looking for motivated engineers with excellent programming skills, proven ability to build stable production systems and a strong sense of ownership.
• 3+ years of production-level development using C++ in Linux/UNIX environment
• 3+ years of experience with object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms and all phases of the software development life cycle
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with high volume, high availability distributed systems