Associate

About this role

About the BlackRock Returner Programme

The Returner Programme is designed to encourage and support a return to full-time work through a six-month paid internship starting in September 2025. The returner programme acts as a feeder to full-time permanent employment (subject to individual performance and market conditions).

How we will support you:

• They will offer a variety of employee networks to help you integrate into the business and culture
• Provide a mentor and buddy for your day-to-day questions
• Provide coaching and peer support

To qualify for the program, participants must have the following:

• A career break of at least 24 months (no upper limit). During your career break you may have been working small-scale around other commitments or have not done any paid work.
• Prior experience in Investment Management or Financial Services
• Must be authorised to work in the UK

What is Aladdin and Aladdin Engineering (AE)?

• You will be working on BlackRock's investment operating system Aladdin. Aladdin is used both internally 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 team sits inside Aladdin Engineering. 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 supports millions of financial instruments. We perform risk calculations and process millions of transactions for thousands of users every day worldwide!
• The open position is in the Investment compliance Engineering team within Aladdin Engineering. The team is on a transformational journey from a mature set of applications to an integrated persona-based platform with streamlined user workflows and a high degree of automation and scale. The team works closely with BlackRock portfolio managers, traders and investment compliance officers and delivers to external clients. They also partner closely with world class AI research and engineering teams, product managers, UX designers, quality assurance engineers, and client support teams to deliver high quality, scalable and resilient capabilities.

Being a member of investment compliance 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.
• Quick learner: Pick up new concepts and apply them quickly.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables using AGILE methodologies.
• Deliver high efficiency, high availability, concurrent and fault tolerant software systems.
• Contribute to development of Aladdin’s global, multi-asset trading platform.
• Design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues and roadblocks.
• Demonstrate vision when brainstorming solutions for team productivity, efficiency, guiding and motivating developers.

Qualifications

• Degree  in Computer Science, Engineering 
• Hands-on experience in Java or web developments.
• Good understanding of concurrent programming and design of high throughput, high availability, fault-tolerant distributed applications and databases.
• Strong interest in distributed systems, infrastructure services, cloud technology and AI/ML techniques and technology.
• Prior experience in building distributed applications using SQL and/or NoSQL technologies such as MSSQL, MongoDB, Snowflake, or Redis is a plus.
• Prior experience with message broker technology such as Kafka or gRPC is a plus.
• Prior experience in modern front-end frameworks such as React, Vue.js, or Angular is a plus. Angular preferred.
• Excellent analytical and software architecture design skills, with an emphasis on test-driven development.
• Effective communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; 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.

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 @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.