Client Quant Developer - BQuant Desktop, Financial Solutions

The Bloomberg Financial Solutions department is at the forefront of ensuring success for our customers and employees alike. Our team comprises several key pillars: sales, service, operations, culture and brand. As a department, we are united by a common goal: We create meaningful relationships with clients by understanding their needs and delivering exceptional end-to-end support from sales and implementation, through their ongoing relationship with Bloomberg. 

Our Team 

We’re Bloomberg. We sit at the heart of the financial markets, from the largest sell-side institutions right through to the two person hedge fund - we’re an integral part of the financial markets workflow in every corner of the world. We provide our users with up to the millisecond market moves and analytics as well as connecting them with their counterparts and the wider community of 350,000 Bloomberg Terminal subscribers. 

Our Sales teams are industry renowned for their subject matter expertise and platinum service levels. You’ll have industry renowned training, not just when you join us, but continually throughout your career here. Just like we invest in our products, we invest in our people. It gives us the edge. 

The BQuant Desktop Team works closely with Bloomberg’s existing and prospective clients to find solutions to business needs leveraging our Python based quant platform, BQuant. 

What's the role? 

You will use your financial markets knowledge to consult with Bloomberg clients or prospective clients, helping them to develop and implement their investment strategies and research leveraging BQuant . With access to the world's most comprehensive financial database, you will have a direct impact on Bloomberg revenue by working closely with our Sales teams to develop new tactical desktop applications to sell Bloomberg Terminals and improve workflow efficiencies with our existing customer. Your role will involve full life-cycle development, from initial demos to prospective clients, requirement gathering, prototyping, implementation, deployment and adoption. 

We'll trust you to: 

• Drive adoption of the BQuant Desktop platform 
• Partner with Sales teams to build tactical BQuant solutions to increase revenue opportunities for the company 
• Provide assistance on new strategies or migration projects the clients wish to implement by using BQuant 
• Work closely with our Product Development and Software Engineering teams to help drive improvements to our BQuant Platform 
• Training and team support will allow you to gain: 
• In depth knowledge of the Terminal, Bloomberg APIs and BQuant 
• A deep understanding of financial markets and investment processes on both buy-side and sell-side 
• Experience of open source Python technologies for advanced data visualizations, widgets and analytics 

You’ll need to have: 

• Minimum 2 years of experience working in financial services or a financial technology company 
• Experience developing financial models using Python (Bloomberg BQNT experience is a plus) 
• A strategic mindset and proven commercial acumen which allows you to weigh up the business opportunities of a project before execution 
• Confidence to have highly articulate and consultative interactions with clients 
• Strong presentation and communication skills in English 
• Demonstrated continuous career growth within an organization 

We'd love to see: 

• Experience or qualifications in Data Science and Cloud Computing is a plus 
• Experience in working with Bloomberg Enterprise Products