Front End Developer (React), Aladdin Wealth Tech, Associate

About this role

Overview

Elevate your career by joining the world's largest asset manager. Thrive in an environment that fosters positive relationships and recognizes outstanding performance. We know you want to feel valued every single day and be recognized for your contribution. At BlackRock, we strive to empower our employees and effectively engage your involvement in our success.

BlackRock’s Aladdin Wealth Tech organization (AWT) is at the center of cutting-edge technologies that serve financial advisors and investors. AWT consolidates BlackRock’s varying products, including Advisor Center, Aladdin Risk for Wealth and SMA Business with marketing and sales teams -- with the goal of improving the user experience of its technology products and improving relationships with the financial advisors who use it.

Position Description

The Associate will join the development team in Mumbai. The Associate will be an integral part of the team and take responsibility for working on the Product roadmap for the Business and contribute to the milestones set for the team.

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

Responsibilities

• Designing, coding, testing, and supporting reliable, robust software applications and Backend services with high-quality standards and best industry practices.
• Be a Subject matter expert for the team and provide technical solutions to the Business requirements.
• Role will balance strong engineering output with strong organizational, leadership, decision-making, and communication skills. 
• Ability to quickly learn and start development using a new language or framework as per the technology stack to be used in a project.
• Participating actively in multi-functional feature requirements gathering, design, and implementation.
• Collaborating with Product management on the right units of work to include in each development sprint.
• Performing code reviews and providing timely feedback to other engineers.
• Work in a Global team environment spreading across several time zones.

Desired Skills/Compentencies

• Mandatory
  • A strong understanding of React's core principles and function-based architecture.
  • Experience with modern JavaScript (ES6+) and Typescript.
  • Experience with state management libraries like Redux, Recoil or Jotai.
  • Experience in HTML, CSS/SCSS, JQuery etc.
  • Experience in writing tests (unit, integration, etc.) with Jest, Cypress or Playwright.
  • Proficiency in using Git for version control.

• Nice to have
  • Experience with Git for version control.
  • Experience with CI/CD platforms like Azure DevOps.
  • Understanding typical Java-based frameworks such as Spring MVC, Spring Boot etc.
  • Experience in developing microservices architecture and/or writing Restful APIs.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • Some experience with software containerization platforms like Docker/Kubernetes.
  • Proficiency building and passionate about creating great products that solve big problems.
  • Strong teamwork, interpersonal skills, and time management abilities.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Able to self-study and learn new concepts with minimal mentorship, should be self-driven.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 4-6 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong object-oriented programming knowledge along with good understanding of algorithms, data structures and design patterns.
• Ability to work in a global team-environment.
• Financial domain background is a plus.

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.

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, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.