Vice President, Application Engineer

About this role

Company: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

Job Title: Vice President, Application Engineer

Location: 1 University Square Drive, Princeton, NJ 8540

Job Duties: Responsible for gathering requirements from Business Team and coming up with technical solutions for the requirements. Lead analysis, design, develop, test, integration, debug, document, and implement new and enhancement projects. Develop and maintain Position Filter Service using Spring boot, RESTful APIs, Kafka, Ignite cluster map reduce and Java multithreading. Responsible for developing and improving shared and ad hoc Session management using Ignite caching. Responsible for developing and improving python notebooks and library to run functional and performance comparison. Responsible for maintaining and improving code quality using JUint, CI and CD. Review code changes and make sure they are meeting the functional requirements, code coverage and sonar standards using Azure DevOps. Mentor and help other team members. Lead the development release and prioritizing tasks in every sprint. Resolve functional and performance issues by collaborating with testing team during testing.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field and 72 months of experience as an Associate, Software Engineer, Applications; Associate; Java Developer; Software Developer; Software Engineer; Software Specialist; or a related role. Employer will accept two (2) years of university level study and two (2) years of related work experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree. Requires the following experience: (6) years of experience with: Java; JavaScript; JQuery; REST API; MSSQL; and Unix. Five (5) years of experience with: Python; Typescript; Pandas; Numpy; Matplotlib; Angular; Spring Cloud; Microservices; Spring Boot; Docker; Kubernetes; Apache Kafka; Redis; gRPC; OpenAPI Swagger; JDBC; JPA; Hibernate; Maven; Cypress; Karma; Jest; and CI/CD Pipeline. Three (3) years of experience with: Eclipse collections; Scikit-learn; TensorFlow; Large language models (LLM); Spring MVC; Spring Web; Spring Security; Apache Airflow; Azure ADO; Jenkins; Splunk; Grafana; and OpenShift. Two (2) years of experience with: Dart; Flutter; Material; Bootstrap; Tomcat; and Jboss. One (1) year of experience with: Perl. Must have experience with: Sybase.

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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 and Affirmative Action Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.