Java Full Stack Developer, Aladdin Eng - VP

About this role

Overview

Elevate your career by joining the world's largest asset manager. Thrive in an environment that fosters positive relationships and recognizes outstanding performance. We know you want to feel valued every single day and be recognized for your contribution. At BlackRock, we strive to empower our employees and effectively engage your involvement in our success.

We invest and protect over $10 trillion (USD) of assets and have an extraordinary responsibility to our clients worldwide. 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 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 of assets and support 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
• 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

• Design, code, test, and maintain reliable and robust software applications and backend services, adhering to high-quality standards and industry best practices.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for the team, offering technical solutions to business requirements using top-notch technology and design principles.
• Collaborate closely in a global team environment spanning several time zones.
• Design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues and roadblocks.
• Balance strong engineering results with excellent organizational, leadership, decision-making, and communication skills.
• Actively participate in cross-functional feature requirements gathering, refinement, design, and implementation.
• Be a leader with vision and a partner in brainstorming solutions for team productivity, efficiency, guiding and motivating others.
• Ability to lead individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables using AGILE methodologies.
• Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, dev ops and level three production support.
• Manage software releases and support feature launches by performing post-release activities.
• 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.
• 8+ years of proven experience.

Skills and Experience required:

• A proven foundation in Java 8+ and related technologies, with object-oriented skills and design patterns.
• Full stack development experience in both Back-end & Front-end development.
• Strong software design and development experience in developing distributed, multi-tier enterprise applications following industry-proven architecture and design principles.
• Track record building high-quality software with design-focused and test-driven approaches.
• Strong knowledge of Open-Source technology stack (Spring, Hibernate, JPA, Maven, JUnit, etc.).
• Good hands-on programming knowledge in Java, Spring, TypeScript, JavaScript, Microservices, Angular (2.0+) and React.
• Experience with Relational databases and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., Apache Cassandra, SOLR).
• Experience with Agile SDLC methodology like Scrum and Sprint-based software 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.
• Candidate should have experience leading 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:

• Experience designing and working on low latency, distributed, fault-tolerant enterprise systems.
• Experience building microservices and APIs ideally with REST, Kafka or gRPC.
• Experience designing and working on event-driven architecture.
• Experience with optimization, algorithms or related quantitative processes.
• Experience with DevOps and tools like Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure with open-source distributed technologies like Kafka, Cassandra, Ignite, Redis.
• Experience with Cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud.
• Experience with AI-related projects/products or experience working in an AI research environment.
• A degree, certifications or open-source 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.