Full Stack Front-End Developer (Web and Java), Aladdin Data - Vice President

About this role

BlackRock Company Overview:
BlackRock is a global leader in investment management, risk management, and advisory services for institutional and retail clients. We help clients achieve their goals and overcome challenges with a range of products, including separate accounts, mutual funds, iShares® (exchange-traded funds), and other pooled investment vehicles.

We also offer risk management, advisory, and enterprise investment system services to a broad base of institutional investors through BlackRock Solutions®. Headquartered in New York City, as of February 5, 2025, we handle approximately $11.5 trillion in assets under management (AUM) and have around 19,000 employees in offices across 38 countries, with a significant presence in key global markets, including North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and Africa.

Aladdin Data:
When BlackRock was founded in 1988, the goal was to combine financial services with innovative technology. Today, BlackRock is a leading FinTech platform for investment management and technology services globally. Data is central to the Aladdin platform, differentiating us through our ability to consume, store, analyze, and gain insights from it.
The Aladdin Data team maintains a pioneering data platform that delivers highquality data to users, including investors, operations staff, data scientists, and engineers. Our aim is to provide consistent, high-quality data while evolving our platform to support the firm's growth. We build high-performance data pipelines, enable data discovery and consumption, and continually enhance our data storage 
capabilities.

Studio Self-service Front-end Engineering:
Our team develops full-stack web applications for vendor data self-service, client data configuration, pipelines, and workflows. We support over a thousand internal users and hundreds of clients. We manage the data toolkit, including client-facing data requests, modeling, configuration management, ETL tools, CRUD applications, customized workflows, and back-end APIs to deliver exceptional client and user experiences with intuitive tools and excellent UX.

Job Description and Responsibilities: 
• Design, build, and maintain various front-end and corresponding back-end platform components, working with Product and Program Managers.
• Implement new user interfaces and business functionalities to meet evolving business and customer requirements, working with end users, with clear and concise documentation.
• Analyze and improve the performance of applications and related operational workflows to improve efficiency and throughput.
• Diagnose, research, and resolve software defects.
• Ensure software stability through documentation, code reviews, regression, unit, and user acceptance testing for smooth production operations.
• Lead all aspects of level 2 & 3 application support, ensuring smooth operation of existing processes and meeting new business opportunities.
• Be a self-starter and work with minimal direction in a globally distributed team.

Role Essentials: 
• A passion for engineering highly available, performant full-stack applications with a "Student of Markets and Technology" attitude.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent experience in computer science or engineering with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• 3+ years of professional experience working in teams.
• VP-level candidates should have experience leading teams delivering critical applications.
• Experience in full-stack user-facing application development using web technologies (Angular, React, JavaScript) and Java-based REST API (Spring framework).
• Experience in testing frameworks such as Protractor, TestCafe, Jest.
• Knowledge in relational database development and at least one NoSQL Database (e.g., Apache Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.).
• Knowledge of software development methodologies (analysis, design, development, testing) and a basic understanding of Agile/Scrum methodology and practices

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 Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.