Full stack Java Application Engineer, Aladdin Engineering, Vice President
BlackRock
Gurugram, IndiaPosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- 7+ years of experience required
- B.E./B.TECH./MCA or other relevant engineering degree required
- Strong retirement plan and comprehensive healthcare among benefits
- 7+ years of full stack software development experience using Java 17+ or JavaScript related technologies (React or Angular)
- Proven experience leading and managing a team of four or more engineers preferred
- Hybrid work model: at least 4 days in the office per week with flexibility to work from home 1 day per week
Role overview
BlackRock is hiring Software Engineers to work on Aladdin, its investment operating system used internally and by external financial institutions. The role sits in Portfolio Management Engineering, specifically the Aladdin Portfolio Management - Target Driven Investing area, focused on evolving the platform that powers the end-to-end investment lifecycle for model managers, portfolio managers, and asset allocators. The position combines software engineering with leadership responsibilities in a fast-paced, global, hybrid environment.
Responsibilities
- Work in a fast paced and highly complex environment
- Analyze multiple solutions and deploy technologies in a flexible way
- Think and work collaboratively and communicate effectively working in a global environment
- Pick up new concepts in both technology and financial domains and apply them quickly
- Demonstrate a proactive attitude by identifying opportunities for improvement and acting on them
- Foster a collaborative environment and drive projects to successful completion
- Guide team members and support their professional growth
- Coordinate cross-team efforts globally
- Actively participate in coding while also providing effective leadership and management to team members
- Work on systems that operate at a global scale and evolve the foundations of the platform, including building reliable, performant systems, shaping shared frameworks, and applying AI-assisted workflows to accelerate how the team designs, codes, and delivers value
- Help evolve the platform that powers the end-to-end investment lifecycle for model managers, portfolio managers, and asset allocators
- Build workflows that enable firms to define investment targets, monitor exposures in real-time, and rebalance thousands of portfolios at scale through a unified, highly configurable workflow
- Take full responsibility for product, engineering, and business outcomes while guiding and validating AI generated output
- Build real-time applications or apps that process large volumes of data yet remain highly responsive even in high-latency environments
- Work with end users and UX designers when building user interfaces
- Work across the whole web stack, including protocols, web client server performance tuning and optimization techniques
- Build high quality, responsive, persona-based UIs to meet the needs of the future
- Translate business problems into technical solutions
- Take emotional ownership of the design and development of a significant application, system, or key component
- Form positive relationships with partnering teams, sponsors, and user groups in a distributed team environment
Requirements
- B.E./ B.TECH./ MCA or any other relevant engineering degree from a reputed university
- 7+ years of experience
- 7+ years of experience in full stack software development using Java 17+ or JavaScript related technologies (React or Angular)
- Strong knowledge of Data Structures, Object Oriented Programing concepts and design patterns
- Experience working with Spring Framework and Spring Boot web services
- Strong knowledge of Open-Source technology stack (Spring, Hibernate, JPA, Maven, JUnit, Kafka, Ignite etc.)
- Demonstrate an ability to build real-time applications or apps that process large volumes of data yet remain highly responsive even in high-latency environments
- Exposure to the whole web stack, including protocols, web client server performance tuning and optimization techniques
- Experience with the Agile SDLC, with a quality-first mindset and high test-coverage, using test frameworks like Cypress, Jest, Mocha, Karma etc.
- Strong leadership and mentorship skills are essential to guide team members and support their professional growth and coordinate cross-team efforts globally
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Detail oriented, consistently ensuring accuracy and thoroughness in all aspects of their work
- Passionate about delightful user experience, building high quality, responsive, persona-based UIs to meet the needs of the future
Nice to have
- Experience working with Rest APIs and designing APIs is a plus
- Proven experience leading and managing a team of four or more engineers
- Experience or a real interest in finance, investment or portfolio management processes, and an ability to translate business problems into technical solutions
Benefits
- Strong retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Comprehensive healthcare
- Support for working parents
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about
Additional details
- BlackRock invests and protects over $15 trillion (USD) of assets
- Being a technologist at BlackRock means working for one of the most sophisticated financial companies and being part of a software development team responsible for next generation technology and solutions
- 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
- The team is evolving toward purpose driven, outcome-oriented product engineering
- Hybrid work model: employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day per week; some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities
- The hybrid model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of employees while supporting flexibility
- New joiners can count on this hybrid model to accelerate their learning and onboarding experience
- Guidance on AI use for candidates: BlackRock has provided guidance on when and how to use AI during the hiring process so candidates can approach each step with confidence and showcase their best self
- BlackRock's mission is to help more and more people experience financial well-being
- BlackRock is dedicated to creating an environment where colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive
- BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and evaluates qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law
- Strength comes from diversity, and BlackRock will embrace outstanding skills, curiosity, and passion while giving the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual
- To learn more about BlackRock, please visit Careers.BlackRock.com; BlackRock also encourages candidates to get to know them on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, X, and TikTok