Financial Software Development - 2010 Entry Level

Bloomberg, the premier financial technology firm, offers exciting opportunities for highly motivated software developers to build and enhance its state of the art line of products. You will join a team where you will gain early responsibility for the full life cycle of a portion of our product; making a tangible contribution to the design, implementation and testing of software. This position leads to a variety of career paths, ranging from highly technical to more business and finance oriented. We provide extensive training and development opportunities, starting with a training class where you will learn the technical and financial knowledge needed to succeed.

This position is suitable for graduates with a BSc/BA, MSc/MA, or PhD in a scientific, engineering or mathematical discipline, or those with equivalent experience. We will also consider candidates with some relevant post-study commercial experience.

The Company:

Bloomberg is the world's most trusted source of information for businesses and professionals. Bloomberg combines innovative technology with unmatched analytic, data, news, display and distribution capabilities, to deliver critical information via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service and multimedia platforms. Bloomberg's media services cover the world with more than 2,200 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. The BLOOMBERG TELEVISION® 24-hour network delivers smart television to more than 240 million homes. BLOOMBERG RADIO® services broadcast via SIRIUS XM Radio and 1worldspaceTM satellite radio globally and on WBBR 1130AM in New York. The award-winning monthly BLOOMBERG MARKETS® magazine, Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine and the BLOOMBERG.COM® financial news and information Web site provide news and insight to businesses and investors.


Requirements

- Driven to analyse business problems and translate them into working software applications

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required

- You must be highly detail oriented with a desire to design and develop financial software applications

- Exposure to C/C++ is highly preferable

- Fluency in at least one programming language is essential; knowledge of a second is advantageous

- Details of course content will assist us in the processing of your application

- Please display your grades on your cv


Interview Process

- Apply online by attaching your CV (no long application form to complete)

- Undertake a technical test

- In house interview


Start date September 2010/ November 2010


Bloomberg is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other classification protected by law.