VP/Associate, Front End Engineer

Job Purpose/Background

Join our AI Platform Engineering team as part of Aladdin Engineering and be at the forefront of financial technology innovation. Aladdin Engineering is the team that designs, builds, and runs Aladdin. Within Aladdin Engineering, there are multiple engineering teams focused on building the different products and platform services for Aladdin. As part of the AI Platform Engineering team, you will play a crucial role in shaping the AI ecosystem across the firm and significantly influencing the Aladdin application ecosystem.

We are looking for highly motivated and determined engineers with hands-on technical experience in the design and development of React-based interactive web solutions, to set and drive a clear AI Software Strategy, delivering cohesive AI experiences across the firm. At BlackRock, you will have the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry, leveraging your insights and expertise to advance AI Platform Engineering. We value diversity and believe it is the key to our success, ensuring that your unique skills, curiosity, and passion are nurtured. Join us and grow both technically and personally while working at one of the most recognized financial companies in the world as part of an AI software development team.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable and performant React-basedapplications.

• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.

• Develop reusable components, services, and modules with a deep understanding of Typescript, HTML, CSS, andJavaScript.

• Independently deliver major projects and contribute to technical designs.

• Work closely with backend developers to integrate RESTful APIs.

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following standard methodologies.

• Perform code reviews and ensure consistency with coding standards.

• Identify and fix performance bottlenecks in Reactapplications.

• Project planning with Agile methodologies, including user stories, sprints, backlog management.

• Flexibility and willingness to learn and work on various programming languages as per project needs.

Eligibility Criteria

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Experience (4+ years) building UI components using latest in web technologies (e.g. React, Vue.js) and languages (e.g. TypeScript)

• Strong understanding of UI/UX principles

• Experience building reactive UIs with modern React patterns and hooks.

• Experience with Redux for state management

• Use of APIs and understanding of HTTP and REST architecture.

• Knowledge of testing tools (e.g. jest, cypress)

• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines

• Experience working with software version control systems like Git or Subversion.

• Good knowledge of data science tools (e.gPyTorch, Jax, Numpy) and programming languages such as Python.

• Experience working in Agile development teams with excellent collaboration skills

• Grit in the face of technical obstacles.
  

Desirable

• Familiarity with MLOps and ML model lifecycle pipelines.

• Interest in ML and generative AI