A challenging but supportive place to work - Software Engineer Bloomberg Employee Review

5.0
Feb 21, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Challenging & interesting problems being tackled, many opportunities within the company, active open source & inner source communities, a supportive environment, a tech company in the finance industry rather than the other way around

Cons

Longer hours than other big tech companies, engineers will typically be on-call for one week per month/6 weeks which can require early morning wake-ups when outages occur (this affects some teams more than others though)

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Company has a lot of perks itself in terms of volunteering, health insurance, food etc.

Cons

Was difficult to move up unless you really were close to someone higher up.

4.0
Jun 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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.

Cons

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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