Senior Software Engineer - Office Apps (C++)
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Job Description
Location
New York
Business Area
Engineering and CTO
Ref #
10049629
Bloomberg’s Office Apps team delivers Bloomberg’s real-time market data, reference and historical content, analytics, and services directly inside Microsoft Office, supporting the proprietary financial models our clients rely on every day.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.
What you’ll do:
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.
What you’ll need:
- 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
Salary Range = 160,000 - 240,000 USD Annual + 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.
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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