The Team:

The Remoting Platform Development (RPD) team is responsible for building the platform, technology and solutions that allow our employees to work effectively and securely irrespective of their location. The team is part of a larger Platform Security group that is responsible for building the foundational tools and technologies to enable Bloomberg to deliver its products and services securely. Some of the core focus areas of this group include:

• Data encryption & secrecy
• Strong authentication frameworks
• Next generation resource access in a hybrid work environment
• Security detection & analytics using big data technologies

In today’s world, ubiquitous access to corporate resources, services and data are no longer just nice to have. With the huge shift towards hybrid and remote work trends in the last couple of years, several challenges related to security, compliance, performance and overall user experience have emerged. Our team is at the forefront of solving these challenges with researching best in class approaches and implementing cohesive solutions using modern security paradigms. Our solutions are used by tens of thousands of users on a daily basis and are critical to their productivity. We are building out new capabilities on the edge of our network and have many interesting challenges yet to be solved around web technologies, network and application security, access control and user workflow. 

We are an open source first team, favoring open standards where possible, and building on open source technology where available. Our products are built using a variety of frameworks, programming languages and technology stacks. Many members of our team are active open source contributors, looking to give back to these communities, wherever possible.

We’ll trust you to:

• Design and implement new product capabilities, features and tools following software development best practices.
• Work with team members and other engineering teams to design scalable and robust systems.
• Proactively recommend and contribute improvements to the platform.
• Work with a variety of technologies to develop innovative solutions.

You’ll need to have: 

• 4+ years working with an object-oriented programming language and proficiency in Python or Go.
• Experience architecting, developing and troubleshooting web technologies.
• Good understanding of security protocols such as HTTPS, TLS, SAML and OpenID Connect .
• Basic networking concepts and best practices.
• Knowledge of common building blocks of Edge infrastructure such as reverse proxies, load balancers and firewalls.
• Professional experience in automated testing, CI/CD and all SDLC phases.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across teams, manage competing goals and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar field of study or equivalent work experience.

We’d love to see:

• Experience building and maintaining mission critical distributed systems.
• Sound knowledge of security concepts and current trends such as zero trust security model, DLP etc.
• Past experience with web/application proxy infrastructure such as Envoy, Azure Application Proxy or Google IAP.
• Workflow management and orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow or Celery.
• Contributions to open source projects.

If this sounds like you, apply! 

Bloomberg is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or maternity/parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Bloomberg is a disability inclusive employer. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for the recruitment process. If you would prefer to discuss this confidentially, please email Amer_recruit@bloomberg.net

Salary Range: 160,000 - 240,000 USD Annually + Benefits + Bonus