Bloomberg - FINANCIAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPER - 2008 ENTRY LEVEL

CATEGORY: Information Technology and R&D
LOCATION: London
EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Entry Level

DESCRIPTION:
Bloomberg is the world’s leading provider of real-time financial news, data and analysis. Leading corporations, news organizations, financial professionals and individuals in more than 127 countries rely on Bloomberg. Our products drive decisions that affect millions of people and billions of dollars worldwide every day.

Job Description:
We are offering exciting opportunities for highly motivated individuals to build software for our world class products.

You will join a team and gain responsibility for the full lifecycle of a portion of our product. You will be given the opportunity to make a tangible contribution to the design, implementation and testing of software.

An extensive training program, that is run twice a year, will provide the specific technical and financial skills required for this position. This, in conjunction with on the job training, allows Financial Software Developers to excel and this entry-level position leads to a variety of career paths ranging from the highly technical to more business and finance oriented.

Start date: 8th September 2008.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong desire to analyse business problems and translate them into working software applications
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• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required
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• You must be highly detail oriented and have a desire to write software
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• BSc/BA, MSc/MA, or PhD in Finance, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Accounting or equivalent experience is required
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• Fluency in 1 programming language plus knowledge of a 2nd is essential
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• Please display your grades on your CV
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• Details of course content will assist us in the processing of your application
  
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  Interview Process:
  
• Apply online by attaching your CV (no forms to fill out)
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• Undertake a technical test
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• 1 in house interview only
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  All applications are via our website, please click the Apply link below.
  
  REQUISITION NUMBER: 21889