Senior Backend Java Developer

Description

About this role

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 outstanding skills, curiosity, drive, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual.

With over USD $7 trillion of assets, we have an exceptional responsibility: our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home and improve their financial wellbeing.

Being a developer at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds: working for one of the most advanced financial companies and also being part of a software development team responsible for next-generation technology and solutions.

We are seeking an ambitious individual to join the Research and Analytics team within iShares.

We are a community of finance professionals, researchers, quants, computer scientists, user experience designers, and data analytics engineers. Our unique team structure enables us to go from idea to product completely within one team. The team is highly sought after to solve data and 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.

What makes us special as a company

Our mission statement: help more and more people experience financial well-being, allowing them to have better health, education, and retirement.
As the biggest asset manager, we are among the top companies globally with a highly secure and established financial pedigree.

Our global team is growing dynamically so there are always new opportunities.
BlackRock is socially responsible! BlackRock is leading the push for a more climate-conscious, sustainable & ethical approach to corporate governance, products & investing.

BlackRock is a FinTech company with an equal emphasis on technology and finance.

There are a lot of perks, e.g. unlimited holiday, free access to learning sites, a stipend to undertake training.

Compared to many big companies, employees enjoy more freedom to give input, make decisions and express their opinion, regardless of your level.

What makes us special as a team

We are free to choose our tools and technologies. We use open-source, industry-standard, up-to-date technologies. We sit in the business and are valued partners. We own the value chain, delivering projects end-to-end, including the creative process, requirements, planning, architecting and coding. We can deliver the complete solution because we have the frontend, backend, data engineers, quants and UX/UI designers.

We are passionate about our profession. We keep learning and sharing our knowledge internally and externally.

You are:

• Curious about your profession. Keen to learn and keep up to date.
• Keen to deliver business value and doing technologically cool things that serve a proven purpose.
• Someone who loves to mentor and guide your more junior colleagues.
• Taking full ownership of the end product, not just doing what you are told.
• High attention to quality, may it be code, design, code review.
• Thinking about the big picture including user experience, business analysis, DevOps.

Your Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with other software engineers to design and implement our next-generation high availability, scalable cloud platform.
• Work with the DevOps team to design the consistent, scalable automated deployment of our production environment
• Drive key backend technology stack and implementation decisions
• Collaborate with researchers to build analytics.
• Mentoring team members to build strengths in architecture, standards development and recommended practices
• Participate in team's Agile Iteration/ Scrum Sprint process
• Coordinate with other team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment - San Francisco, London, New York, and Budapest

Qualifications:

Essential

• Strong programming skills with at least 8 years of experience in Java.
• Proficient in UNIX command-line tools.
• Strong database experience.
• Deep domain expertise of cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Experience with Agile development methodology and Test-Driven Development.
• Experience with setup continuous integration and continuous delivery automation for containerize service
• Advantageous
• Proficient in Python, Golang
• Production experience with Redis, Spring boot, Spring batch, REST Web service; Kafka, NoSQL
• Financial knowledge and/or interest is strongly recommended

Advantageous

• Proficient in Python, Golang
• Production experience with Redis, Spring boot, Spring batch, REST Web service; Kafka, NoSQL
• Financial knowledge and/or interest is strongly recommended

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 current hybrid work model is designed to enable in-person connections and collaboration that is core to our culture, while supporting increased flexibility for all employees. In line with local health guidance and regulations, employees are required to work at least 3 days in the office each week, with the flexibility to work from home up to 2 days a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. The health, safety and well-being of our people will always be our top priorities; we will continue to monitor local conditions and health advisories in making decisions about our work environments.

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.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit careers.blackrock.com | www.blackrock.com/corporate | Instagram: @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

We recruit, hire, train, promote, pay, and administer all personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), sex stereotyping (including assumptions about a person's appearance or behavior, gender roles, gender expression, or gender identity), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. We interpret these protected statuses broadly to include both the actual status and also any perceptions and assumptions made regarding these statuses.BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.