Cloud Application Engineer, Associate

About this role

Cloud Application Engineer, Aladdin RIO Advisory Tech/Cloud

The RIO Cloud team delivers solutions and services to support our partners in the Risk, Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) and Sustainability businesses. The main product offering to date has been Aladdin Foresight, a cloud native application enabling clients to organise and automate fragmented model-driven business processes to facilitate effective decision making. However, the team’s scope has recently increased to also include two exciting new growth projects, one a build out of the new ALD Risk platform and the other is to drive BlackRock’s Sustainability tools. The common factor amongst these projects is they are all built with a cloud native paradigm as we seek to gain maximum benefit from the new infrastructure available to us.

At BlackRock, we are looking for Software Engineers who like to innovate and solve complex problems. We recognise that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your unique skills, curiosity, drive, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual. With over USD $10 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. 

As a developer at BlackRock, you'll work for a leading financial company and be part of a team creating next-generation technology. 

You will work in most, if not all, of the following areas:

• Infrastructure – deliver new services and enhancements to the Azure cloud and CI/CD process. This entails a close collaboration with the Application Hosting team as we evolve services and underlying infrastructure in unison on the Aladdin Kubernetes based Cloud-Native platform.
• Back End – deploy new capabilities in backend micro-services across a variety of languages.
• Front End – building out new features in the web frontend using the latest Angular and Typescript libraries

This Associate requires solid hands-on programming, creative problem solving, and troubleshooting skills with an enthusiasm for learning. This role also offers the opportunity to partner with proficient software engineers to continue to build both new systems and enhance existing ones.

Your Responsibilities

• Designing, coding, testing, and supporting reliable, robust software applications and services with high-quality standards.
• Participating actively in multi-functional feature requirements gathering, design, and implementation.
• Liaising with the Application Hosting teams to identify optimal solutions for deployment on the Cloud-Native platform.
• Performing code reviews and providing timely feedback to other engineers.
• Communicating and documenting technical details to the team and wider community.

Ideally, you should have…

• Technical degree (e.g. computer science, engineering, maths) with 4-6 years of professional software development experience
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design principles and best practices
• Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes and cloud services in an enterprise environment
• At least one of Go, C#, Python, Java
• Angular/UI, though not essential
• Demonstrable experience building modern software using engineering tools such as git, maven, unit testing and integration testing tools, mocking frameworks
• Experience with data modelling, both relational and non-relational, and schema design (e.g., SQL Server, Sybase, Snowflake)
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Friendly, positive, and can-do attitude

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.