Bloomberg
Senior Software Engineer - Media API Platform
$160K–$240K
New York · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years building and running backend services in production, including ownership of systems relied upon by other teams.
About the job
Build and operate Bloomberg Media’s shared API platform, including federated GraphQL gateways, reliability infrastructure, and AI-assisted development workflows.
What you'll do
- Develop and scale GraphQL tooling, gateways, and shared API infrastructure such as authentication, rate limiting, and job scheduling.
- Improve graph quality, reliability, observability, and development speed, including implementing agentic workflows.
- Advise client teams on GraphQL and API design, make technical decisions, and mentor engineers across teams.
What they ask for
- Expertise in at least one of JavaScript/TypeScript (Node), Java, Kotlin, or Python.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, including service communication, caching, rate limiting, failure modes, and reliability at scale.
- Current hands-on use of AI-assisted and agentic engineering tools.
- Production debugging at web scale, including HTTP, networking concepts, and observability tools.
Nice to have
- Hands-on GraphQL experience, especially Apollo Federation, schema design, and subgraph development.
- Experience with relational databases, authentication and authorization systems, AWS, or container-based deployment.
Pay
160,000 - 240,000 USD Annual (base salary)
Tools
TypeScript/Node, Java, Kotlin, Python, GraphQL, Apollo Federation, MySQL, PostgreSQL
AI focus
Use AI-assisted and agentic engineering tools to build, monitor, and release software; implement agentic workflows for graph quality and faster development, including potential live features.
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