BloombergSenior Software Engineer - Vault
Bloomberg is hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Vault in New York, United States. It pays $160k-$240k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.
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Design and build high-throughput communication compliance systems at Bloomberg using AI-assisted development workflows.
About Us
Financial markets depend on secure, immutable, and regulatory-compliant systems for preserving, searching, and surveilling global client communications across instant messaging, social media, email, file sharing, voice, and video channels.
Bloomberg Vault is building a next generation green-field platform for communications data, spanning high-throughput storage, low-latency search and retrieval, and real-time and retrospective surveillance.
We are also advancing a spec-driven, AI-assisted software development model, where technical specifications, interfaces, design decisions, and acceptance criteria provide structured inputs for implementation and system verification.
Key Responsibilities
Design, build, test, and operate high-quality software across different parts of the technology stack.
Participate in design and code reviews and contribute to shared engineering practices and standards.
Collaborate effectively with engineers, product managers and partner teams.
Mentor less-experienced engineers and contribute to the technical growth of the team.
Design, build, test, and operate high-quality software across different parts of the technology stack.
Participate in design and code reviews and contribute to shared engineering practices and standards.
Collaborate effectively with engineers, product managers and partner teams.
Mentor less-experienced engineers and contribute to the technical growth of the team.
What We’re Looking For
Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
4+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
Practical experience using modern AI coding assistants or agentic development tools as part of software engineering workflows.
Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, maintainability, performance, security, and alignment with requirements.
Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including system design, data structures and algorithms.
Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and modern software delivery practices.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Salary Range = 160,000 - 240,000 USD Annual + Benefits + BonusBachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
4+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
Practical experience using modern AI coding assistants or agentic development tools as part of software engineering workflows.
Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, maintainability, performance, security, and alignment with requirements.
Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including system design, data structures and algorithms.
Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and modern software delivery practices.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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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How we rate this
Senior Software Engineer - Vault at Bloomberg rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
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