My first financial industry job - werkgeversreview Senior Software Engineer bij Bloomberg

2,0
4 jun 2011
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Excellent benefits Access to in-depth financial news

Minpunten

Note: I have many years of software engineering experience but this was my first job in the financial industry. So the "cons" I listed here may be "norms" for other people who have been in the industry for a long time. 1. You probably will feel more like an assembly line worker than a professional with special skills. Don't expect to have that feeling of a respected, unique engineer. 2. Sometimes laughable software practices. You will know what I mean if you can tell the difference between programming and software engineering 3. Need to fix a lot of nonsense code and very often need to work within the constraints of broken/bad architectures 4. Must use the Bloomberg terminal almost for everything, which makes me feel the clock has been turned back to 80's. 5. Unprofessional/incompetent managers/team leaders. I would say many of them are more like foremen than managers. I suspect they don't feel very secure (because their Bloomberg "management experience" probably will be useless if they need to find another job), which makes their management even worse. 6. Many people need to work long hours 7. Not enough bathrooms. 5 out of 10 times you will need to wait in line to get a stall

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5,0
8 jul 2026
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good pay, great team, lots of experience gained

Minpunten

mundane tasks sometimes, can be competitive

4,0
28 jun 2026
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Opportunities to do lots of work with data and finance to apply knowledge in both programming and Subject-Matter Expertise (SME). Excellent Work-Life Balance (WLB) and extremely welcoming culture. You can reach out to anyone for help or just to talk, and they will get back to you (although management does require more scheduling in advance). Generous compensation (good wage) and benefits, including housing for interns. If you heard the rumors that the Bloomberg Princeton office has a great Bloomberg Pantry (read: company-provided breakfast and lunch), the rumors are true.

Minpunten

Not the place for those looking for cutting-edge AI. The company is not as fast with AI as the company prioritizes reliability and accuracy above all, and much of AI is not at an acceptable threshold for management to be willing to take that risk with financial data (at least in 2026). You may get a project to automate menial processes, which is really cool, but that tends to involve actually doing the menial processes, which feels unproductive. Princeton office is good but New York is considered preferable. Coworkers are not very reachable outside of work hours. Compensation is low in Data compared to Software Engineers.

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