Senior Software Engineer - Office Apps (C++)

Bloomberg L.P.
New York, United States of America
1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 240K

Job location

New York, United States of America

Tech stack

JavaScript
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Windows
API
Business Logic
C++
Software Quality
Software Debugging
Distributed Systems
Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft Office
Office Automation
Software Engineering
TypeScript
WinDBg
Multithreading
Backend
Information Technology
Real Time Data
Api Design
Microservices

Job description

You'll contribute to one of the most widely used Bloomberg Terminal products, focusing on performance and stability while helping evolve the experience across Microsoft Office and other productivity applications. The work spans performance-critical backend services, client-side application logic, and developer-facing APIs. You'll collaborate closely with backend infrastructure teams and product managers to build scalable, high-performance software.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally with modern C++, TypeScript, JavaScript, or similar languages
  • Experience building software for high-performance, multi-threaded environments
  • A strong focus on code quality, demonstrated through testing, automation, and peer review
  • Clear communication and strong collaboration with Product and cross-functional stakeholders
  • A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, a related field, or equivalent professional experience

Nice to have:

  • Windows development experience; familiarity with ATL, COM, and Office automation is a plus
  • Strong debugging skills (e.g., analyzing memory dumps with Visual Studio/WinDbg) and experience troubleshooting complex performance issues
  • Experience with Excel integrations, custom functions, or Office extensibility frameworks
  • Familiarity with BQL, financial workflows, or real-time data concepts
  • Exposure to distributed systems, API design, or cloud-based architectures

Benefits & conditions

Salary Range = 160000 - 240000 USD Annually + Benefits + Bonus

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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About the company

Bloomberg's Office Apps team delivers Bloomberg's real-time market data, reference and historical content, analytics, and services directly inside Microsoft Office, supporting the proprietary financial models our clients rely on every day. We extend the Bloomberg experience through polished UI tooling and a high-performance library of custom Excel functions.

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