About this role
About this Role:
Are you interested in building innovative technology that shapes the financial markets? Do you like working at the speed of a startup, and tackling some of the world’s most interesting challenges? Do you want to work with, and learn from, hands-on leaders in technology and finance?
At BlackRock, we are looking for Software Engineers who like to innovate and solve sophisticated problems. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your outstanding skills, curiosity, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual.
We invest and protect over $9 trillion (USD) of assets and have an extraordinary responsibility to our clients all over the world. Our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home and improve their financial well-being.
Being a technologist at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds: working for one of the most sophisticated financial companies and being part of a software development team responsible for next generation technology and solutions.
Team Overview:
Our ETF development team is part of the Aladdin Engineering group. We manage a software platform that oversees the global iShares investment process. Together, we develop cutting-edge technology that transforms the interaction between information, people, and technology for global investment firms. Our tools manage trillions in assets and support millions of financial instruments. We play a crucial role in the growth of the primary markets business by bringing together multiple Market Makers, Authorized Participants, Issuers, and Providers, enhancing transparency, and reducing market frictions.
Being a member of Aladdin Engineering, you will be:
Tenacious: Work in a fast paced and highly complex environment
Creative Thinker: Analyze multiple solutions and deploy technologies in a flexible way.
Great Teammate: Think and work collaboratively and communicate effectively.
Fast Learner: Pick up new concepts and apply them quickly
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, deliver, and maintain applications with focus on high efficiency, high availability, concurrent and fault tolerant software.
- Demonstrate technical leadership of software design & architecture to support strategic product roadmap,
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a multi-office, multi-country environment to define, design, and ship high-quality software solutions.
- Design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues and roadblocks.
- Work with project managers, technical leads, and business analysts to contribute throughout the SDLC cycle.
- Manage stakeholders for driving business decisions, negotiating priorities, and partner with various business teams to drive strategy and technology adoption
- Ensure scale, resilience and stability through risk identification and mitigation, quality code reviews, creating robust test suites, and providing level two support.
- Foster continuous improvement in software development practices through innovation and automation.
- Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve development processes.
Qualifications:
- B.S. / M.S. college degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related subject area
- 3+ years of hands-on development exposure
Skills & Experience:
- Experience leading development teams or projects of a significant application, system, or component.
- Hands-on programming experience in Java, Python, JavaScript with OO skills and design patterns
- Experience with Open-Source technology stacks and frameworks (Spring, Hibernate, Maven, Junit)
- Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases (such as SQL Server, Apache Cassandra)
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and software architecture skills.
- Experience in partnering with other teams, sponsors, and user groups who are on the same product journey.
- Ability to work in Agile/Scrum development environments with strong teamwork, communication, and time management skills.
- Innovative and a thought leader around new/cutting-edge technologies.
Nice to Have:
- Exposure to building microservices and APIs ideally with REST, Kafka or gRPC.
- Experience with cloud native tools (such as Kubernetes, Docker) and cloud platforms (such as Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- Exposure to high scale distributed technologies such as Kafka, Ignite, Redis.
- Experience with DevOps, continuous integration, and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and tools like Azure DevOps.
- Experience or real interest in finance, investment processes, and/or an ability to translate business problems into technical solutions.
Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.
Our hybrid work model
BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.
About BlackRock
At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.
This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
BlackRock is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEOC’s Know Your Rights poster and its supplement and the pay transparency statement.
BlackRock is committed to full inclusion of all qualified individuals and to providing reasonable accommodations or job modifications for individuals with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation/adjustments are needed throughout the employment process, please email Disability.Assistance@blackrock.com. All requests are treated in line with our privacy policy.
BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.
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