Senior Software Engineer - Data Governance & Machine Learning

Bloomberg

New York, NY

Category Software Engineering

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Data Services team, building platforms that help the firm automatically understand, classify, and govern data at scale. The role involves designing and scaling systems that power data discovery, sensitive data detection, metadata enrichment, and governance automation across the enterprise. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer who applies ML and AI to real-world data governance problems and cares about trust, security, and explainability.

Requirements

Proactively drive the vision for Data Classification/Inventory/Catalog across multiple business areas
Leverage data governance tools, configure and make them self-service for users
Design, build, and maintain ML-powered services and pipelines for automated data classification, tagging, and inventory
Collaborate with data stewards, governance leads, and platform teams to translate business requirements into scalable, automated solutions
Influence the architecture and evolution of AI-enabled governance tooling
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers
5+ years of experience building and leveraging data governance tools and platforms
5+ years of experience using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or Scala
Familiarity with AI driven data catalogs or metadata platforms (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Atlan, Purview)
Hands-on experience applying ML or NLP techniques in production (e.g., classification, clustering, NER)
Solid understanding of data governance concepts, including metadata, lineage, and data cataloging
Experience with cloud data platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and distributed systems

Benefits

401(k) +match
Medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits
Life insurance
Various wellness programs
Paid holidays
Paid time off
Merit increases
Incentive compensation (exempt roles only)
Bonus

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