At BlackRock, technology has always been at the core of what we do – and today, our technologists continue to shape the future of the industry with their innovative work. We are not only curious but also collaborative and eager to embrace experimentation as a means to solve complex challenges. Here you’ll find an environment that promotes working across teams, businesses, regions and specialties – and a firm committed to supporting your growth as a technologist through curated learning opportunities, tech-specific career paths, and access to experts and leaders around the world.

About this role

Are you interested in building innovative technology that shapes the financial markets? Do you like working at the speed of a startup, but want to solve some of the world’s most sophisticated problems? 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 complex problems. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your unique skills, curiosity, drive, and passion while allowing you to grow technically and as an individual!

With over USD 10+ trillion of assets, we have an exceptional responsibility: our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home, and improve their financial well-being.

Being a developer at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds: working for one of the most advanced financial companies and being part of a software development team responsible for next-generation technology and solutions.

What is Aladdin and Aladdin Engineering (AE)?

You will be working on BlackRock's investment operating system Aladdin. Aladdin is used both internally 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 team sits inside Aladdin Engineering. 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!

The open position is in the Investment and Trading Engineering team within Aladdin Engineering. The team is on a ground-breaking journey from a mature set of applications to an integrated persona-based platform with streamlined user workflows and a high degree of automation and scale. The team works closely with BlackRock portfolio managers, traders and investment compliance officers and delivers to external clients. They also partner closely with world-class AI research and engineering teams, product managers, UX designers, quality assurance engineers, and client support teams to deliver high-quality, scalable and resilient capabilities.

Being a member of investment and trading engineering you will be:

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

• Creative problem solver: Analyze multiple solutions and flexibly deploy technologies.

• Great teammate: Think and work collaboratively and communicate effectively.

• Quick learner: Pick up new concepts and apply them quickly.

About the role:

• Take ownership of individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables using AGILE methodologies.

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

• Contribute to the development of Aladdin’s global, multi-asset trading platform.

• Provide impact and expertise as an individual contributor to greenfield work developing the AI capabilities of the portfolio management system.

• Work with product management, business users and QA to deliver the AI roadmap.

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

• Maintain and evolve AI/ML models, maximising and contributing powerful technologies/ infrastructure.

• Demonstrate vision when brainstorming solutions for team productivity, and efficiency, guiding and motivating developers.

About you:

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in Java.

• Knowledge is Python is preferred but not essential.

• Previous experience or academic knowledge related to AI/ML models is preferred.

• Interest in Gen-AI, distributed systems, and infrastructure services.

• Fluency in concurrent programming and the design of high throughput, high availability, fault-tolerant distributed applications.

• Experience in building distributed applications using SQL and/or NoSQL technologies such as MS SQL, Sybase, Cassandra, or Redis.

• Prior experience with message brokers like Kafka or messaging frameworks such as gRPC.

• Knowledge of modern front-end frameworks such as React, Vue.js, or Angular is a plus.

• A strong understanding of relational databases is essential.

• Excellent analytical and software architecture design skills, with an emphasis on test-driven development.

• Effective communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering preferred.