Bloomberg is the largest repository of financial data and analytics in the world. Clients learn how to navigate the rich and complex web of Bloomberg data through years of exposure to numerous Terminal functions and workflows. Learning to harness the full wealth of information the Bloomberg Terminal provides is a daunting challenge to new and experienced users alike.

What we do: 

A critical aspect of Bloomberg’s growth lies in empowering our clients to effectively find answers to their questions. The mission of the Search and Answer Application team is to fundamentally transform the core Terminal experience into one where clients can directly ask questions and expect clear, relevant answers in a consistent, cross-platform presentation. We will work closely with partners across Bloomberg’s AI, Apps, and Infrastructure organizations to drive this crucial evolution. 

Our team’s initial focus will center around the HL Best Answer system, which connects client-generated natural language queries to a collection of application services, understanding client questions and federating response formulation to the relevant application services. The first goal of the Search and Answer Apps team will be to design and build a cross-platform framework to collate the responses from the application services to render on various endpoints like HL in terminal, mobile searches, and IB chats. We will extend open source technology like adaptivecards.io to the Bloomberg environment and create a framework that enables application owners to concentrate on answering domain-specific questions without worrying about presentation. Longer term, we will extend the Best Answer framework to evolve the terminal’s navigation paradigm and enhance search as a core part of client workflows.

As a member of the team, we will trust you to:

• Be comfortable participating in a highly visible product and contributing to the direction of core Terminal workflows. 
• Research open source software, and figure out how to extend it effectively in the Bloomberg application ecosystem.
• Productively collaborate with multiple stakeholder types (Engineering, Product, UX), from every business line.
• Work with us to build out the technical vision for the team, and how that should be informed by both the experience of Bloomberg terminal clients, as well as the internal engineering clients of our system.

You’ll need to have:

• 4+ years working with an object-oriented programming language (C/C++, Python, Java, etc.)
• A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, similar field of study or equivalent work experience 
• Strong technical knowledge of Javascript or TypeScript
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

We'd love to see:

• Experience integrating open-source solutions to the Bloomberg environment, with extra points for specific familiarity with the adaptive cards framework
• Firm foundation on middleware service technologies and microservice architectures
• Working knowledge of the HL Best Answer system and its inner workings
• Familiarity with the Bloomberg Mobile SDK, or IB development

If you are interested in learning more. We’d love to hear from you!

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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