Java Backend Software Engineer, Associate

About this role

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 tackle some of the world’s most complex 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, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual.
Being a technologist 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.

This role will be responsible for all aspects of software development, testing and ensuring compatibility with enterprise and solutions architecture by harnessing modern development technologies. You will have the chance to define and develop new capabilities and engage with multiple development teams and partners across the Black Rock.

You are:
· Curious and eager to learn new things, with a healthy disrespect for the status quo
· Willing to embrace work outside of your comfort zone, and open to guidance from others; you make mistakes, but learn from them
· Passionate about technology, with personal ownership for the work you do
· Data-focused, with an eye for the details that matter to tackle the problem

We are:
· Passionate about building quality software and scaling technology to meet the needs of tomorrow
· Building solutions for both BlackRock and over 100+ organizations who use our technology
· Developing in Java, Ignite, Python, Cassandra, Kafka, Angular, React, Sybase and many others
· Committed to open source, and contributing back to the community
· Writing testable software every day, with a focus on incremental innovation

Business Unit Overview:
The Aladdin Provider Technology team within APG-Investment Operations Group is responsible to provide innovative, best-in-class engineering solutions to bring the Asset Managers and Asset Servicers closer to bring efficiencies in the post trade value chain. Team is responsible for building cross-organizational technology capabilities which are repeatable to cater to Aladdin and Aladdin Provider clients. The engineering team utilizes modern technology languages and solutions to build data pipelines, API(s) and Event Based streaming systems.
These are high volume technology solutions which are built for resiliency, scale, and performance. We leverage many open-source technologies for building distributed, resilient, and highly scalable systems. We are responsible for the development and expansion across all the stages of the Post Trade Lifecyle.
We are a global team with employees based in New York, London, San Francisco, and Gurgaon.

Responsibilities
· Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills to contribute as a member of global, distributed teams focused on delivering quality technology solutions.
· Develops, enhances, debugs, supports, maintains, and tests software applications that support business units or supporting functions.
· Participates in the design, development, and implementation of complex applications, often using new technologies.
· Demonstrate ability to rapidly learn new and emerging technologies

Qualifications
· Bachelors or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related discipline
· 4+ years hands-on experience developing complex enterprise software systems.
· Strong Programming expertise in Java software development and related technologies
· Proven experience on SQL and No-SQL databases
· Strong understanding of Data Structures & algorithms
· Experience on frameworks like Spring/Spring-boot and hibernate is a must
· Proficient with Software Development Live Cycle
· Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
· Demonstrate ability to be a self-starter and learn quickly

Nice to have
· Some Experience with Cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, Kafka, Cassandra, Docker, Kubernetes
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