Full stack Java Application Engineer, Aladdin Engineering, Vice President

Job Description 

Are you interested in building innovative technology that crafts 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 $15 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 are Aladdin and Portfolio Management 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 a connective tissue for thousands of users investing worldwide. 

• In Portfolio Management Engineering, you will work on systems that operate at a global scale and evolve the foundations of our platform. This includes building reliable, performant systems, shaping shared frameworks, and increasingly applying AI-assisted workflows to accelerate how we design, code, and deliver value. We are evolving toward purpose driven, outcome-oriented product engineering, where humans guide and validate AI generated output while taking full responsibility for product, engineering, and business outcomes. 

• In the Aladdin Portfolio Management - Target Driven Investing area, you will help evolve the platform that powers the end-to-end investment lifecycle for model managers, portfolio managers, and asset allocators. You will 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. 

Being a member of Portfolio Management 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 working in a global environment. 

• Fast learner: Pick up new concepts in both technology and financial domains and apply them quickly. 

• Show Initiative: Demonstrate your proactive attitude by identifying opportunities for improvement and acting on them. 

Qualifications: 

• B.E./ B.TECH./ MCA or any other relevant engineering degree from a reputed university. 

• 7+ years of experience 

Skills and Experience: 

• Fostering a collaborative environment and driving projects to successful completion. 

• Strong leadership and mentorship skills are essential to guide team members and support their professional growth and coordinate cross-team efforts globally. 

• The candidate is expected to actively participate in coding while also providing effective leadership and management to team members. 

• 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. 

• Experience working with Rest APIs and designing APIs is a plus. 

• 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. 

• Experience working with end users, and UX designers when building user interfaces. 

• 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. 

Competencies: 

• Passionate about delightful user experience, building high quality, responsive, persona-based UIs to meet the needs of the future. 

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. 

• Detail oriented, consistently ensuring accuracy and thoroughness in all aspects of their work. 

• Experience or a real interest in finance, investment or portfolio management processes, and an ability to translate business problems into technical solutions. 

• Experience taking emotional ownership of the design and development of a significant application, system, or key component. Ability to form positive relationships with partnering teams, sponsors, and user groups in a distributed team environment. 

Good to have: 

• Proven experience leading and managing a team of four or more engineers.