Associate, Application Engineer

About this role

Company: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

Job Title: Associate, Application Engineer

Location: 400 Howard St. San Francisco, CA 94105

Summary of duties: Responsible for end-to-end development, deployment of software that powers the Aladdin product. Work closely with users, business analysis, senior tech leads to design software solutions. Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system. Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces. Use high level programming languages like Java, Databases technologies like Sybase, NoSQL technologies like Cassandra to implement the solutions. Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design. Use frontend technologies like Angular or React, HTML, CSS and JavaScript to create user interface screens for the products.

Qualifications: Master’s degree in Computer Science, or related field and one (1) year of experience as an Analyst, or related role. Alternatively, Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or related field and three (3) years of experience as an Analyst, or related role. One (1) year of experience with: Fluency in enterprise level software development languages including Java, Python, SQL, Protobuf, and Junit; Work on Front End UI Development on frameworks including React or Angular; Design, develop and maintain enterprise level scalable, extensible, testable, and high performing APIs - gRPC, REST; Ability to perform different type of testing for enterprise software, including writing unit tests during development cycle, end-to-end testing, regression testing; Frameworks and technologies including SQL and Non-SQL databases, Spring, and Hibernate; Object-oriented design and programming, multi¬threading, different design patterns, and software development best practices; Independently gather and understand business requirement, communicate, and collaborate with other members on the team to build enterprise level software; Software development life cycle, including understand and practice agile development practices, building and maintaining efficient CICD pipelines, participate and manage release processes, and; Strong problem solving skills and deep understanding of the software ecosystem for production issue support. Any amount of experience with: Caching technologies including Ignite or Redis, and; Messaging frameworks including Kafka.

Salary Range: $138,000 - 157,500

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For California only the salary range for this position is $0 - $0. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including heath care, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents 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.

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.

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