About this role
Do you have a passion for crafting groundbreaking technology that aids financial advisors in constructing outstanding portfolios for their clients? Do you enjoy the fast-paced environment of a startup and seek some of the world's exciting problems? Are you eager to collaborate with and learn from experienced leaders in both technology and finance?
At BlackRock, we are looking for Software Engineers who like to innovate and solve sophisticated problems. We value your outstanding abilities, curiosity, and passion, and provide you with opportunities to develop both professionally and personally.
We lead and protect assets worth over $10 trillion (USD), holding a significant responsibility to our clients globally. Our technology enables millions of investors to save for retirement, fund college education, purchase homes, and improve their financial health.
What is Aladdin Wealth Tech?
We’re Aladdin Wealth Tech. We are a FinTech company with a start-up vibe but some big-time resources. Aladdin Wealth Tech provides financial advisors, and BlackRock’s wealth advisory teams, with a suite of experiences that affords them portfolio construction, analysis, and diagnostic capabilities. Our mission is to improve the power of Aladdin’s analytics, technology, and data to give financial advisors the edge they need to build better portfolios and deliver better outcomes to their end customers.
Our product is a B2B enterprise SaaS offering that analyzes millions of real portfolios around the world every day, and we generate direct revenues for the firm. We operate as one cohesive unit spanning client, product, and engineering, and we pride ourselves on getting things done and delivering business value quickly and reliably. We are passionate about finding new ways to address real business problems in our industry using technology and data.
About the role:
We're seeking a junior Software Engineer to become a part of our Client Delivery and Experience team within Aladdin Wealth Tech. This vibrant team operates out of London and New York, embracing an agile methodology in a dynamic start-up setting. You'll collaborate closely with client-facing groups to craft tailored solutions that enhance the onboarding process for new clients. This role offers a comprehensive journey, engaging you from the initial stages of requirements collection and design, all the way through to the launch and feedback collection.
Key Responsibilities
· Work in a fast-paced and sophisticated environment.
· Collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment.
· Craft and develop innovative solutions to complex problems and identify roadblocks early.
· Deliver high efficiency, high availability, concurrent, scalable and fault-tolerant software systems.
· Collaborate with product management and business users to outline the product roadmap and ensure clear communication.
· Evaluate the software development lifecycle, improve processes, and implement standard methodologies.
· Collaborate with internal client teams to analyze their workflows and pinpoint inefficiencies, striving to improve the Aladdin Wealth new client onboarding process.
· Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, dev ops and production support.
· Review the code of your colleagues and offer constructive feedback to uphold code quality, adhere to standard processes, and encourage knowledge transfer.
Qualifications:
· B.S. / M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject area
· 3+ years of software experience in a commercial capacity
About you:
· A solid background in fundamental Java and related technologies, along with object-oriented skills and design patterns.
· Demonstrated ability to build outstanding software through diligent and meticulous methods.
· Hands-on experience in Java/Spring Framework/Spring Boot
· Hands-on experience with JavaScript, web development and modern front-end frameworks such as React or Angular
· Experience working with Git, CI/CD, Agile, and SDLC processes
· Experience in Linux/Unix
· Experience building modern software using engineering tools such as git, maven, unit testing and integration testing tools, mocking frameworks
· Excellent investigation and debugging skills, including an ability to resolve issues spanning multiple components of the stack
· Working experience with non-relational databases including Cassandra and Solr
· Great analytical, problem-solving and interpersonal skills
Nice to have and opportunities to learn:
· Exposure to building microservices and APIs ideally with REST or gRPC
· Experience with DevOps and tools like Azure DevOps
· Experience working in an agile development team or on open-source development projects.
· Experience with AI-related projects/products or experience working in an AI research environment.
Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; 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, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.
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