About this role

About this role

Are you interested in building innovative technology that crafts the financial markets? Do you like working at the speed of a startup, and solving some of the world’s most exciting 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.

What are Aladdin and Aladdin Engineering?

You will be working on BlackRock's investment operating system called Aladdin. Aladdin is used both internally within BlackRock and externally by many financial institutions. Aladdin combines sophisticated risk analytics with comprehensive portfolio management, trading, and operations tools on a single platform to power informed decision-making and create a connective tissue for thousands of users investing worldwide.

Our development teams reside inside the Aladdin Engineering group. We collaboratively build the next generation of technology that changes the way information, people, and technology intersect for global investment firms. We build and package tools that manage trillions in assets and supports millions of financial instruments. We perform risk calculations and process millions of transactions for thousands of users every day worldwide!

Being a member of Aladdin Engineering, you will be:

Tenacious: Work in a fast paced and highly complex environment

A creative thinker: Analyse multiple solutions and deploy technologies in a flexible way

A great teammate: Think and work collaboratively and communicate effectively

A fast learner: Pick up new concepts and apply them quickly

Responsibilities include:

Applying the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to improve the reliability and availability of our software release tools

Defining and refining our priorities, based on performance and incident data

Significantly contributing to the observability and stability of Aladdin’s global, multi-asset trading platform

Delivering high efficiency, high availability, concurrent and fault tolerant software and technology systems

Designing and developing innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues and roadblocks

Being a leader with vision and a partner in brainstorming solutions for team productivity, efficiency, guiding and motivating others

Driving a strong culture by bringing principles of inclusion and diversity to the team

Qualifications:

B.S. / M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject area 

8+ years of experience

Skills and Experience:

Hands-on experience with observability tools like Grafana / Prometheus / Splunk / Datadog / AppDynamics etc

A background in setting, measuring and achieving Service Level Objectives (SLOs) using Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and error budgets

Hands-on experience in Java/ Spring Framework / Spring Boot

A track record building high quality software with design-focused and test-driven approaches

In-depth understanding of concurrent programming and experience in designing high throughput, high availability, fault tolerant distributed applications

Understanding of relational databases, Linux OS and TCP/IP fundamentals

Demonstrable experience building modern software using engineering tools such as git, maven, unit testing and integration testing tools, mocking frameworks and CI/CD pipelines

Strong analytical and software architecture design skills with an emphasis on test driven development

Great analytical, problem-solving and communication skills

Some experience or a real interest in finance, investment processes, and/or an ability to translate business problems into technical solutions

Experience leading development teams, projects or being responsible for the design and technical quality of a significant application, system, or component

Ability to form positive relationships with partnering teams, sponsors, and user groups

Nice to have and opportunities to learn:

Experience in scripting languages such as Python, Golang, etc

Expertise in building distributed applications using SQL and/or NOSQL technologies like MS SQL, Sybase, Cassandra or Redis

A real-world practitioner of applying cloud-native design patterns to event-driven microservice architectures

Exposure to high scale distributed technology like Kafka, Mongo, Ignite, Redis

Exposure to building microservices and APIs ideally with REST, Kafka or gRPC

Experience working in an agile development team or on open-source development projects

Experience with optimization, algorithms, or related quantitative processes

Experience with Cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud

Experience with cloud deployment technology (Docker, Ansible, Terraform, etc.)

Experience with DevOps and tools like Azure DevOps

Experience with AI-related projects/products or experience working in an AI research environment

Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud services

A degree, certifications or opensource track record that shows you have a mastery of software engineering principles

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.