.About this roleAre you interested in building innovative technology that crafts the 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 $9 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 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 a 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 in 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 include:Collaborate with team, high availability, concurrent and fault-tolerant software systems.Significantly contribute to the development of Aladdin's global, multi-asset trading platform.Work with product management and business users to define the roadmap for the product.Design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues and roadblocks.Apply validated quality software engineering practices through all phases of development.Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, dev ops and level two production support
