JAVA Full Stack, Associate, Aladdin Engineering

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.

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.

Our Team

• 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.

• The Multi-Asset Solutions & Strategies Engineering team  is a global team of product managers, engineers, and designers on a dual mission:  unlocking scale and supporting the continued growth of the MASS business and evolving Aladdin’s whole portfolio capabilities.

• The MASS Engineering works closely with teams across Aladdin Engineering, Aladdin Data, and Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions to deliver innovative solutions to some of their biggest challenges. The team’s work is critical to advancing many of the firm’s high-growth offerings, including Outsourced CIO, Model Portfolio Solutions, Multi-Alts, and more.  

Being a member of Aladdin Engineering – MASS Engineering team, you will be:

• Tenacious: Work in a fast paced and highly complex environment

• Creative thinker: Analyses 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:

• Work on java fullstack development projects with Angular web development and java backend.

• Collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment and

• Deliver high efficiency, high availability, concurrent and fault tolerant software systems.

• Significantly contribute to development of Aladdin’s global, multi-asset platform.

• Work with product management and business users to define the roadmap for the product.

• Design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues and roadblocks.

• Apply validated quality software engineering practices through all phases of development.

• Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, dev ops and level two production support.

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

• Drive a strong culture by bringing principles of inclusion and diversity to the team and setting the tone through specific recruiting, management actions and employee engagement.

Qualifications:

• B.E./ B.TECH./ MCA or any other relevant engineering degree from a reputed university.

Skills and Experience:

• 4+ Experience and strong hands-on with Java 8 or later.

• Strong in understanding of Java-based frameworks such as Spring (Core, boot, MVC, ORM, JDBC) and should be able to design distributed and scalable applications.

• Proven experience as an Angular developer or a similar role.

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS.

• Familiarity with RESTful APIs and web services.

• Track record building high quality software with design-focused and test-driven approaches

• Experience with relational database and/or NoSQL Database (e.g., Apache Cassandra)

• Great analytical, problem-solving and communication skills

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

• Some experience (could be academic) with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure

• Experience in developing in microservices architecture and/or writing APIs.

• Exposure with build tools (like Maven), Git, Splunk, JIRA. 

• Proficiency building and passionate about creating great products that solve big problems.

• Strong teamwork, interpersonal skills and time management abilities.

Nice to have and opportunities to learn:

• Exposure to Python including unit and end to end testing frameworks in Python.

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

• Working financial knowledge and/or previous experience in a financial company.

• Experience in message brokers such as Kafka is a plus.

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.