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About This Role
Bloomberg runs on data. Our products are fueled by powerful information. We combine data and context to paint the whole picture for our clients, around the clock \- from around the world. In Data, we are responsible for delivering this data, news, and analytics through innovative technology \- quickly and accurately. We apply problem\-solving skills to identify workflow efficiencies and implement technology solutions to enhance our systems, products, and processes.
Our Team:
Data AI contributes to the building of Bloomberg’s AI\-enhanced products at scale by curating model training data and enhancing how our internal processes use AI. We provide evaluation and annotation frameworks connecting natural language processing and human judgment in order to elevate the quality, intelligence, and usability of the data that drives our products.
By investing in AI at a strategic level, we expand our practice of engaging with AI to one that is embedded across Data. Our internal processes to take advantage of new AI technologies and strengthen Data’s role in providing robust domain expertise and influential data artifacts to Bloomberg’s products. As a result our clients will continue to have high quality data and access to new types of datasets.
The Role:
As a Data Engineer within Data AI, you will build and evolve the infrastructure, data pipelines, and operational tooling that power scalable AI and data workflows. You will enable reliable data collection, annotation, training, and evaluation processes by developing systems that improve data quality, operational visibility, and workflow efficiency. Through automation, observability, and platform engineering, you will help create the foundations that allow teams to deliver data and AI products with confidence and at scale.
We’ll trust you to:
- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines that support data collection, annotation, training, evaluation, analytics, and reporting workflows.
- Develop and operate systems for dataset management, storage, versioning, and lifecycle governance to ensure reliable and reproducible AI workflows.
- Implement monitoring, observability, and alerting capabilities that provide visibility into data quality, system health, and operational performance.
- Build dashboards, tooling, and self\-service capabilities that improve transparency, efficiency, and decision\-making across data operations.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to evolve the infrastructure and platforms supporting AI\-enabled products and workflows.
- Identify bottlenecks and opportunities for automation, delivering scalable solutions that improve reliability, consistency, and operational efficiency.
You’ll need to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Accounting, STEM or degree\-equivalent qualifications
- 3\+ years in data engineering (Python, SQL)
- Experience building ETL/data pipelines at scale and creating data collection frameworks for structured and unstructured data
- Experience with data modeling and developing proactive data quality strategies that ensure data is fit for purpose
- Experience working with ML/AI datasets or experimentation workflows.
- Excellent problem\-solving and analytical thinking skills with strong attention to detail.
- Proven track record of stakeholder relationship management, communication, and cross\-team collaboration.
We’d love to see:
- Keen interest in and familiarity with generative AI frameworks and the requirements of Agentic AI.
- Experience in semantic structures or large scale data modeling
- Experience using data visualization tools such as Tableau, QlikSense, or PowerBI
- Experience developing or managing annotation programs and training/evaluation datasets for ML or NLP models.
- Deep domain expertise in financial markets/news and understanding of our customers' needs.
If this sounds like you:
Apply! If you think we're a good match. We'll get in touch to let you know the next steps!
Salary Range \= 110,000 \- 190,000 USD Annual \+ Benefits \+ Bonus
The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.
We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation (exempt roles only), paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) \+match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.
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Equal Opportunity
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Bloomberg is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination in employment. It is Bloomberg’s policy to provide equal opportunity and access for all persons, and the Company is committed to attracting, retaining, developing, and promoting the most qualified individuals without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, self\-identified or perceived sex, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, or parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law (each, a “Protected Characteristic”). Bloomberg prohibits treating applicants or employees less favorably in connection with the terms and conditions of employment, in all phases of the employment process, because of one or more Protected Characteristics.
Salary Context
This $110K-$190K range is above the median for Data Engineer roles in our dataset (median: $150K across 15 roles with salary data).
Role Details
About This Role
Data Engineers build the pipelines that feed AI models. They design ETL workflows, manage data lakes, and ensure training and inference data is clean, timely, and accessible. Without good data engineering, AI projects fail. It's that simple.
The AI era has expanded the data engineer's scope far beyond batch ETL jobs. You're building real-time embedding pipelines for RAG systems, managing vector databases, ensuring training data quality at scale, and building the infrastructure that lets ML teams iterate on data as fast as they iterate on models. Data quality is the biggest predictor of model quality, and you're the person responsible for it.
Across the 3,708 AI roles we're tracking, Data Engineer positions make up 1% of the market. At Bloomberg, this role fits into their broader AI and engineering organization.
Data Engineer demand in AI contexts is strong and growing. Every company building AI needs clean, reliable data pipelines. The shift toward real-time AI applications (chatbots, recommendation engines, agent systems) means data engineering is more critical than ever. Companies are willing to pay premium salaries for data engineers with AI/ML pipeline experience.
What the Work Looks Like
A typical week includes: debugging a data pipeline that's producing stale embeddings for the RAG system, optimizing a Spark job that processes training data, building a data quality monitoring dashboard, meeting with the ML team to understand their next data requirements, and writing dbt models that transform raw event data into ML-ready features. The work is deeply technical and high-impact.
Data Engineer demand in AI contexts is strong and growing. Every company building AI needs clean, reliable data pipelines. The shift toward real-time AI applications (chatbots, recommendation engines, agent systems) means data engineering is more critical than ever. Companies are willing to pay premium salaries for data engineers with AI/ML pipeline experience.
Skills Required
SQL, Python, and distributed systems (Spark, Airflow, dbt) are core. Cloud data platforms (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift) are increasingly standard. Many AI-focused roles also want familiarity with vector databases and embedding pipelines. Understanding data modeling, pipeline orchestration, and data quality frameworks covers the essentials.
AI-specific data engineering skills include: building feature stores, managing training data versioning, implementing data lineage tracking, and building real-time embedding pipelines. Experience with streaming systems (Kafka, Flink) is valuable for real-time AI applications. Understanding ML data requirements (balanced datasets, data augmentation, evaluation set construction) makes you much more effective working with ML teams.
Strong postings specify the data stack, mention ML pipeline work, and describe the scale of data you'll be working with. Look for companies that understand the connection between data quality and model quality. Avoid roles that conflate data engineering with data analysis.
Compensation Benchmarks
Data Engineer roles pay a median of $178,800 based on 40 positions with disclosed compensation. Senior-level AI roles across all categories have a median of $230,000. This role's midpoint ($150K) sits 16% below the category median. Disclosed range: $110K to $190K.
Across all AI roles, the market median is $217,500. Top-quartile compensation starts at $272,100. The 90th percentile reaches $325,000. For comparison, the highest-paying categories include AI Safety ($300,000) and Research Engineer ($280,000). By seniority level: Entry: $120,000; Mid: $200,000; Senior: $230,000; Director: $272,150; VP: $250,000.
Bloomberg AI Hiring
Bloomberg has 5 open AI roles right now. They're hiring across AI Product Manager, Data Engineer, AI/ML Engineer. Positions span New York, NY, US, Princeton, NJ, US. Compensation range: $190K - $350K.
Location Context
Across all AI roles, 14% (508 positions) offer remote work, while 3,180 require on-site attendance. Top AI hiring metros: New York (1,045 roles, $220,000 median); San Francisco (810 roles, $277,088 median); Los Angeles (397 roles, $215,000 median).
Career Path
Common paths into Data Engineer roles include Backend Engineer, Database Administrator, Analytics Engineer.
From here, career progression typically leads toward Senior Data Engineer, ML Engineer, Data Platform Lead.
Master SQL and Python first. Then learn a distributed processing framework (Spark or its modern alternatives) and a pipeline orchestrator (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect). Build a portfolio project that demonstrates end-to-end pipeline construction: ingest, transform, validate, serve. If you want to specialize in AI data engineering, add vector databases and embedding pipelines to your skill set.
What to Expect in Interviews
Expect SQL deep-dives (query optimization, partitioning strategies, data modeling), Python coding focused on data pipeline patterns, and system design questions about building scalable ETL workflows. Companies with ML teams will ask about feature stores, embedding pipelines, and training data management. Be ready to discuss data quality monitoring, pipeline orchestration, and how you'd handle schema evolution in a production data lake.
When evaluating opportunities: Strong postings specify the data stack, mention ML pipeline work, and describe the scale of data you'll be working with. Look for companies that understand the connection between data quality and model quality. Avoid roles that conflate data engineering with data analysis.
AI Hiring Overview
The AI job market has 3,708 open positions tracked in our dataset. By seniority: 102 entry-level, 1,705 mid-level, 1,469 senior, and 432 leadership roles (Director, VP, C-Level). Remote roles make up 14% of the market (508 positions). The remaining 3,180 roles require on-site or hybrid attendance.
The market median for AI roles is $217,500. Top-quartile compensation starts at $272,100. The 90th percentile reaches $325,000. Highest-paying categories: AI Safety ($300,000 median, 21 roles); Research Engineer ($280,000 median, 147 roles); AI Architect ($254,798 median, 67 roles).
Data Engineer demand in AI contexts is strong and growing. Every company building AI needs clean, reliable data pipelines. The shift toward real-time AI applications (chatbots, recommendation engines, agent systems) means data engineering is more critical than ever. Companies are willing to pay premium salaries for data engineers with AI/ML pipeline experience.
The AI Job Market Today
The AI job market spans 3,708 open positions across 16 role categories. The largest categories by volume: AI/ML Engineer (2,605), Data Scientist (310), AI Software Engineer (259). These three account for the majority of open positions, though smaller categories often have higher per-role compensation because of specialized skill requirements.
The seniority mix tells a story about where AI teams are in their maturity. Entry-level roles (102) are outnumbered by mid-level (1,705) and senior (1,469) positions, reflecting that most companies are past the 'build a team from scratch' phase and need experienced engineers who can ship production systems. Leadership roles (Director, VP, C-Level) total 432 positions, representing the bottleneck between technical execution and organizational strategy.
Remote work availability sits at 14% of all AI roles (508 positions), with 3,180 requiring on-site or hybrid attendance. The remote share has stabilized after the post-pandemic correction. Senior and specialized roles (Research Scientist, ML Architect) are more likely to be remote-eligible than entry-level positions, partly because experienced hires have more negotiating power and partly because these roles require less hands-on mentorship.
AI compensation is structured in clear tiers. The market median sits at $217,500. Top-quartile roles start at $272,100, and the 90th percentile reaches $325,000. These figures include base salary with disclosed compensation. Total compensation (including equity, bonuses, and sign-on) runs 20-40% higher at companies that offer those components.
Category matters for compensation. AI Safety roles lead at $300,000 median, while Prompt Engineer roles sit at $140,000. The spread between highest and lowest-paying categories reflects the premium on specialized technical skills versus broader analytical roles.
The most in-demand skills across all AI postings: Python (1,890 postings), Aws (1,103 postings), Azure (877 postings), Rag (855 postings), Gcp (631 postings), Prompt Engineering (560 postings), Pytorch (545 postings), Claude (498 postings). Python dominates, appearing in the vast majority of role descriptions regardless of category. Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, Azure) is the second most common requirement. The newer entrants to the top skills list (RAG, vector databases, LLM APIs) reflect the shift from traditional ML toward generative AI applications.
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