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Full Stack Engineer, Aladdin PTA - Associate

ENGINEERINGUK, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199


Full Stack Engineer, Aladdin PTA - Associate

About this roleAre 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 is Aladdin and Aladdin Engineering?

You will be working on BlackRock's investment operating system called Aladdin, which combines sophisticated risk analytics with comprehensive portfolio management, trading, and operations tools on a single platform.Our development teams reside inside the Aladdin Engineering group, collaboratively building the next generation of technology for global investment firms.Being a member of Aladdin Engineering, you will be:

Tenacious: Work in a fast paced and highly complex environment.Creative thinker: Analyze 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 include:

Collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment.Deliver high efficiency, high availability, concurrent and fault tolerant software systems.Significantly contribute to development of Aladdin's global, multi-asset trading platform.Work with product management and business users to define the roadmap for the product.Design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems.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.Be a leader with vision and a partner in brainstorming solutions for team productivity.Drive 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.4+ years of experience.Skills and Experience:

A proven foundation in core Java and related technologies.Track record building high quality software with design-focused and test-driven approaches.Good hands-on object-oriented programming knowledge in Java, Spring, TypeScript, JavaScript, Microservices, Angular (2.0+), React.Strong knowledge of Open-Source technology stack (Spring, Hibernate, Maven, JUnit, etc.).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 and investment processes.Nice to have and opportunities to learn:

Exposure to building microservices and APIs ideally with REST, Kafka or gRPC.Experience working in an agile development team.Experience with optimization, algorithms or related quantitative processes.Exposure to high scale distributed technology.Experience with Cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud.Experience with DevOps and tools like Azure DevOps.Experience with AI-related projects/products.Our benefitsTo 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).Our hybrid work modelBlackRock'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.About BlackRockAt BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

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