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Are you interested in building innovative technology that shapes the financial markets? Do you like working at the speed of a startup, and tackling some of the world’s most interesting 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 $14 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.
Job Responsibility:
Design, develop, deliver, and maintain applications with focus on high efficiency, high availability, concurrent and fault tolerant software
Demonstrate technical leadership of software design & architecture to support strategic product roadmap
Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a multi-office, multi-country environment to define, design, and ship high-quality software solutions
Design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues and roadblocks
Work with project managers, technical leads, and business analysts to contribute throughout the SDLC cycle
Manage stakeholders for driving business decisions, negotiating priorities, and partner with various business teams to drive strategy and technology adoption
Ensure scale, resilience and stability through risk identification and mitigation, quality code reviews, creating robust test suites, and providing level two support
Foster continuous improvement in software development practices through innovation and automation
Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve development processes
Requirements:
B.S. / M.S. college degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related subject area
3+ years of hands-on development exposure
Hands-on programming experience in Java and/or Python with OO skills and design patterns
Exposure to building microservices and APIs ideally with Kafka or gRPC
Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases (such as SQL Server, Apache Cassandra)
Experience with DevOps, continuous integration, and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and tools like Azure DevOps
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and software architecture skills
Experience in partnering with other teams, sponsors, and user groups
Ability to work in Agile/Scrum development environments with strong teamwork, communication, and time management skills
Innovative and a thought leader around new/cutting-edge technologies
Nice to have:
Exposure to and innovative thinking around AI workflows and code generation
Experience with financial applications
Experience with cloud native tools (such as Kubernetes, Docker) and cloud platforms (such as Azure, AWS, or GCP)
Exposure to high scale distributed technologies such as Kafka, Ignite, Redis
Experience or real interest in finance, investment processes, and/or an ability to translate business problems into technical solutions