About this role
Company: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
Job Title: Associate, Application Engineer III
Location: 400 Howard St San Francisco, CA 94105
Job Duties: Build scalable financial desktop applications and web applications that are performant, scalable, and distributed, capable of displaying real-time data updates, fixed income bond calculations, and key metrics. Utilize fixed income and equity trading domain strategies, including FIX protocol) to build order and execution workflows. Develop client-facing financial applications for fixed income trading using React, Typescript, HTML, SCSS, Redux, and Jotai for front-end components and GraphQL, Java, and AMPs together to build and maintain backend RESTful and streaming APIs. Build pure React components for use in internal component libraries. Partner closely with product management to determine functional and non-functional requirements, design product roadmaps with specific client commitment deadlines, and develop release timelines and post-release checkout and deployment steps. Translate wireframes from Figma into working fixed income workflows that match the look and feel of other similar financial applications. Collaborate with quality assurance teams to design automated, manual, and dev testing workflows, including building suite of unit tests, component tests, and integration tests using Cypress and Cucumber. Deploy production code to live client environments. Provide operational support including solving client issues, participating in client calls, and using/building Grafana dashboards for telemetry monitoring. Mentor junior engineers from a technical and professional perspective, including allocating project work and providing career mentorship and guidance. Organize meetings according to the Agile methodology and SDLC, including weekly sprint planning meetings, retrospectives, ticket grooming, and project scoping.
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or a related field and three (3) years of experience as an Associate, Analyst or a related role. Must have three (3) years of experience with: React and Typescript; State management frameworks including Redux and Jotai; HTML, CSS and Sass; Git, AquaDataStudio, ADO, and Agile methodologies; Java 17, SQL, and GraphQL; Data streaming tools including RESTful APIs, WebSockets, Faraday, and AMPs; Frontend testing frameworks including Cypress and Cucumber; Financial products and tools icluding FIX messaging and protocol, TradeWeb, and MarketAxess; Knowledge of US, EMEA, and APAC bond trading markets for corporate, treasury, and MUNI bonds, including anonymous trading, straight-through processing ("click to trade" workflows), and portfolio trading; CI / CD pipelining and deployment tools including SonarQube, Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, and Grafana; UX and design tools including Figma and Miro; and Production support and debugging tools including Vim, Splunk, MobaXTerm, and Baretail.
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For San Francisco, CA Only the salary range for this position is USD$165,131.00 - USD$170,000.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.
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.
Guidance on AI use for candidates
At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work – enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn, prepare, and work more effectively; but during our interview process, we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences, thinking, and judgment. To support you, we’ve provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.
