Associate Engineer

About this role

Business Overview

BlackRock Global Markets (“BGM”) functions are at the core of BlackRock’s markets and investments platform, including Index Investments, Markets, Liquidity & Financing, and Platform & Strategy. BGM is focused on advancing the investment processes and platform architecture in these areas and on ensuring we engage with other market participants in a collaborative, strategic way.

We believe diverse perspectives drive better outcomes and foster an inclusive environment where everyone can grow and contribute.

With over USD $15.3 trillion of assets under management, we have an outstanding responsibility: our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home and improve their financial wellbeing.

Position Overview & Key Responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to build reliable scalable technology that helps Blackrock Global Markets meet complex business challenges while working closely with colleagues throughout the business.

Key responsibilities include

• Partnering with stakeholders to understand requirements;

• Designing, developing, testing, and supporting reliable, highly performant distributed Java-based applications, including real-time streaming with high volume and concurrent workloads. 

• Presenting designs to technical reviewers, contributing to reviewing designs/code

• Improving reliability, observability, and performance;

• Supporting production releases to help team meet SLAs.

The role is within BGM’s In-Business technology group in London. We are a community of computer scientists, user experience designers, and data analytics engineers, operating out of San Francisco, London, Hungary and India. The team is highly sought after to tackle analytically intensive challenges and present them in intuitive and visually compelling ways. Given the complex nature of our business, we value open communication and eagerness to learn.

Required Skills and Experience

• Typically 3+ years’ development experience ideally in financial services industry with java as primary programming language

• Collaborative, adaptable and open to different perspectives and ways of working

• Strong analytical capability and attention to detail

• Clear communicator with strong interpersonal skills

• High integrity and alignment with BlackRock’s fiduciary culture

Desirable skills

• Knowledge of leveraging AI for code generation and building agents

• Knowledge of Spring, Spring Boot, REST APIs and microservices

• Experience with a relational database like MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Sybase ASE

• Experience with Streaming technologies like Kafka, Apache Flink

• Experience with cloud technologies, such as Microsoft Azure

• Experience with Agile process

• Experience with DevOps and tools like Azure DevOps

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; 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.

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Guidance on AI use for candidates**

At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work – enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn, prepare, and work more effectively; but during our interview process, we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences, thinking, and judgment. To support you, we’ve provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.

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.

To learn more about BlackRock, please visit Careers.BlackRock.com. We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, X, and TikTok.

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.