Associate - Process Engineering

About this role

About this role

At BlackRock, we are looking for Software Engineers who like to innovate and solve sophisticated problems. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your outstanding skills, curiosity, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual.

We invest and protect over $11 trillion (USD) of assets and have an extraordinary responsibility to our clients all over the world. Our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home, and improve their financial well-being.

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

What are Aladdin Data and Process Engineering

Data is at the heart of Aladdin and increasingly the ability to consume, store, analyze and gain insight from data has become a key component of our competitive advantage. Aladdin Data team is responsible for the data ecosystem within BlackRock. Our goal is to build and maintain a leading-edge data platform that provides highly available, consistent data of the highest quality for all users of the platform, notably investors, operations teams, and data scientists. We focus on evolving our platform to deliver exponential scale to the firm, powering the future growth of Aladdin.

Process Engineering engineers design and build large scale applications, data pipelines, process integrations for computation processes, and distributed systems. They partner with data and analytics experts to deliver high quality analytical and derived data to our consumers.

Being a member of Aladdin Data, you will be:

• Tenacious: Work in a fast paced and highly complex environment
• Creative thinker: Analyses multiple solutions and deploy technologies in a flexible way.
• Great teammate: Think and work collaboratively and communicate effectively.
• Fast learner: Pick up new concepts and apply them quickly.

Responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment.
• Deliver high efficiency, high availability, concurrent and fault tolerant software systems.
• Work with product management and business users to define the roadmap for the product.
• Design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues and roadblocks.
• Apply validated quality software engineering practices through all phases of development.
• Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, dev ops and level two production support.
• Be a leader with vision and a partner in brainstorming solutions for team productivity, efficiency, guiding and motivating others.
• Drive a strong culture by bringing principles of inclusion and diversity to the team and setting the tone through specific recruiting, management actions and employee engagement.
• Providing L2 or L3 support for technical and/or operational issues.

Qualifications:

• B.E./ B.TECH./ MCA or any other relevant engineering degree from a reputed university.

Skills and Experience:

• Over 4 years of hands-on experience in software development with a strong foundation in Core Java and related technologies.
• Proficient in object-oriented programming (OOP) and design patterns, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality, maintainable, and scalable software solutions.
• Experienced in developing robust enterprise applications using Java, Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and Microservices architecture.
• Skilled in working with both relational databases (e.g., MySQL, Sybase) and NoSQL technologies (e.g., Cassandra, Redis).
• In-depth understanding of concurrent programming, with experience designing high-throughput, high-availability, and fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Proficient in modern development tools and practices including Git, Maven, CI/CD pipelines, unit and integration testing frameworks, and mocking tools.
• Strong capabilities in software architecture design, with a focus on test-driven development (TDD) and clean code principles.
• Excellent analytical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills, enabling effective collaboration across cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrates a strong interest in finance and investment processes, with the ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Nice to Have & Growth Opportunities

• Familiarity with high-scale distributed technologies such as Kafka, MongoDB, Apache Ignite, and Redis.
• Exposure to building microservices and APIs using REST, Kafka, or gRPC.
• Experience developing distributed applications using SQL (e.g., MS SQL, Sybase) and NoSQL databases (e.g., Cassandra, Redis).
• Practical understanding of cloud-native design patterns applied to event-driven microservice architectures.
• Hands-on experience or interest in working with cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with cloud deployment tools such as Docker, Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes.
• Exposure to AI/ML-driven projects or experience in an AI research environment.
• Understanding of DevOps practices, observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana), and performance tuning in distributed systems.

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.

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.

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