The Senior Software Engineer - Connectivity Gateway role focuses on building a high-performance, multi-protocol proxy platform that enhances Bloomberg's digital connectivity. The team is centered around Envoy, an open-source proxy core, and aims to evolve it for performance, observability, and operational safety. The position involves designing advanced proxy capabilities and collaborating with infrastructure and security teams to improve system reliability and efficiency. This is an opportunity to shape the future of connectivity at Bloomberg by developing innovative solutions for complex infrastructure challenges.

• 4+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in distributed systems, networking, or performance-critical infrastructure.
• Experience with one or more systems programming or backend languages such as C, C++, Go, Java, or Python.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills across application code, Linux systems, infrastructure, and networking.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.

• Design advanced proxy capabilities including protocol negotiation, traffic shaping, service discovery, routing strategies, and observability enhancements.
• Scale Archon, the unified Envoy-based proxy platform, across a broad range of business-critical systems and traffic flows.
• Evolve the platform to support emerging integration and orchestration patterns, including adaptive and autonomous workload coordination.
• Work on performance engineering, low-latency systems, telemetry, and operational resiliency.
• Collaborate closely with infrastructure and security engineering teams to improve reliability, safety, and visibility across the platform.
• Build high-quality software and services for the proxy platform and supporting infrastructure, focusing on scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Take strong ownership of projects from design through production rollout.
• Partner with engineering and business stakeholders to drive initiatives to successful outcomes.
• Investigate and solve complex infrastructure, networking, and systems-management challenges.
• Mentor and support less-experienced engineers on the team.

• Bloomberg offers a comprehensive suite of benefits designed to support health, financial stability, and work-life balance.