Vice President - Senior Software Engineer

About this role

Company: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

Job Title: Vice President - Senior Software Engineer

Location: 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001

Job Duties: Design, develop and test core API infrastructure, libraries, and frameworks to enable internal and external users to take advantage BlackRock’s API offering. Advocate and assist with the uptake and onboarding of new API services within BlackRock. Teach and share in-depth and advanced knowledge with other employees as adoption of Golang is rolled out further across teams. Generate systems software engineering policies, standards, and procedures, improving API governance and raising internal standards. Assist both the API Infrastructure team and internal developers in the Americas region with knowledge sharing and mentoring, enhancing knowledge around BlackRock’s API functionality and contributing to a positive working culture. Utilize key tools like Microsoft's Azure suite of tools for software development, project planning and management in an Agile style and Atlassian's Confluence for writing effective documentation. Communicate with internal and external clients to deliver our API objectives in accordance with our internal and external stakeholders’ needs. Utilize operating-system level tools and services to diagnose and resolve issues with interaction between user-space applications and underlying operations systems. Perform high-level root cause analysis for service interruptions and help bring services back online once a problem is resolved. Number of direct reports may vary.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science and Mathematics, Engineering, or a related technology field; and 72 months experience in the job offered or in a related occupation in Software Engineering for a financial services or financial technology company. Requires at least 48 months of experience involving the following: 1. Java, C++ or any other object oriented languages; 2. Data structures and algorithms; 3. Different messaging paradigms and industry standard software, tools and practices; 4. Agile project management; 5. Database management and data modeling; 6. Git; 7. Azure; 8. Programming languages as well as unit test frameworks in each of the respective languages; 9. Various rpc mechanism including gRPC, protobuf, and json encodings; 10. Cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes and Docker.

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For New York, NY Only the salary range for this position is USD$179,982.00 - USD$215,000.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including heath care, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

 

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.