Senior Software Engineer - DataLayer Experience

Senior Software Engineer - DataLayer Experience

London

Engineering and CTO

Description & Requirements

DataLayer is a library for performing efficient, reactive transformations of tabular data across applications in the Bloomberg Terminal. From sorting and filtering, to complex multi-level aggregations on real-time data, DataLayer is the engine that powers almost every grid of data in the Bloomberg Terminal.

The DataLayer Experience team in London is responsible for the developer experience of integrating the DataLayer library into Bloomberg Terminal applications. This covers the whole development lifecycle from providing type-safe TypeScript APIs to powerful developer tooling for building, debugging and testing pipelines of transformations. Every financial professional using the Bloomberg Terminal depends on DataLayer, and we serve the thousands of developers integrating DataLayer into their applications.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of critical Bloomberg infrastructure tooling and with high impact across Bloomberg Engineering and clients.
• Design, build and deploy ergonomic APIs across runtime environments and identify opportunities for utilizing AI in development workflows.
• Build powerful debugging tools with intuitive visualizations, rich metrics and intelligent recommendations, with a strong focus on designing adaptable workflows for application developers.
• Collaborate directly with application developers to understand complex use cases, and identify opportunities to improve the broader developer experience.
• Partner with application and infrastructure teams to deliver integrated, high-quality technical solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
• Strong experience in TypeScript, especially with building adaptable APIs with ergonomic type inference.
• Experience in taking end-to-end ownership of technical projects, and designing and delivering flexible solutions to a wide developer community.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage with application teams, understand workflows and specialized needs, and develop generic, high-impact technical solutions.
• Strong understanding of SDLC best practices.

If indicated, please note that years of experience are a guide; we will consider applications from all candidates who can demonstrate the skills necessary for the role.

Nice to Have

• Some experience in C+, with experience working with native language bindings.
• Experience building developer tooling workflows, engaging directly with engineers and delivering solutions to a wide engineering audience.
• Experience integrating AI-powered workflows into software engineering practices.