AddressBloomberg data moves global financial markets, and conversations around that data are central to how markets are shaped. Through the terminal, clients can connect with anyone in its expansive community. Now more than ever, clients expect communication to be enriched through real-time audio and video. The Real Time Communication (RTC) Services team is made up of RTC specialists entrusted with the mission to create value added services that serve the needs across all our Audio, Video and Telephony Infrastructure.
Our core responsibilities include building a best in class Compliance Recording and Surveillance Service for RTC, Enabling Interoperability between internal and external RTC Systems and Processing Media for Broadcast, Streaming and AI workflows. Our team works closely with Product Stakeholders, RTC Infrastructure, RTC Applications, Multimedia, Network Engineering, Compliance and many other Engineering teams across Bloomberg.
Few of the challenges that the team is currently addressing are:
- Building a common platform for Compliance Recording and Media Streaming / Broadcasting
- Enabling interoperability between Audio, Video and Telephony solutions that the team currently provides
- Enabling interoperability with third party Audio, Video and Telephony solutions
The Role:
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our team to contribute to building out our real-Time Communication platform. Your main focus will be the development and deployment of back end infrastructure. This work demands close collaboration with multiple partners such as Application teams, Product, UX researchers, Network, and other engineering teams. There is an immense amount of opportunity for research, innovation, and creative thinking. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated candidate due to the visibility and impact of this product, with a significant chance to make an impact in a still up-and-coming industry.
Core Responsibilities:
- Develop and enhance real-Time Communication infrastructure
- Develop and enhance Media processing infrastructure
- Design scalable, reliable, and maintainable backend services
- Research innovative ways to anticipate and address client needs in real-time media
What’s in it for you?
- Opportunity to innovate and contribute to building and extending real-time applications infrastructure domain.
- Chance to work on high impact, high visibility, and challenging problems in building multimedia conferencing
- Opportunity to be a part of a select few teams responsible for multimedia and real-Time Communication on the Bloomberg terminal
- Opportunity to work on Asterisk, Jitsi and other open source projects
- Contribute to open source and standards
You’ll need to have/be:
- 4+ years working with an object-oriented programming language preferably in C++ and C
- A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, similar field of study or equivalent work experience
- Experience with network programming and Real Time Communication protocols
- Strong problem solving and design and product development skills
- A team player, out of box thinker, someone who loves to build product and solve problems
We would love to see:
- Experience working with WebRTC, SIP or similar VoIP/video conferencing standards
- Experience with media formats (MP4, WebM), codecs (VP8, VP9, Opus) and video conferencing protocols/standards
- Experience with Asterisk/Freeswitch/Jitsi and Other open source Real Time Communications
- Any open source contributions
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.
