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.

The Role

The R&D News department at Bloomberg is looking for a senior developer experienced in Windows and .NET development to play a leading role in the design, implementation and support of some of the most critical applications on the Bloomberg Terminal. The ideal candidate would have a strong background in developing applications for Microsoft systems as well as experience developing C/C++ code in Unix environments. Some of the work involves streaming multimedia from our data centers to clients' PCs and low-latency applications that allow reporters to deliver market moving economic indicators and news ahead of the competition.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years in Microsoft application development and .NET platform, including MFC, asp.net, WPF, webservice, WCF, silverlight
• Very Strong C/C++ expertise
• Experience in developing multithreaded applications
• Strong ability to design solutions to complex problems
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of SQL, PL/SQL and standard DBMS is preferable
• Experience in socket programming