About this role

Company: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
Job Title: Associate
Location: 725 Ponce De Leon Avenue NE Atlanta, GA 30306

Job Duties: Collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment. Contribute to development of Aladdin's global, multi-asset trading platform. Architect and drive development of new platform features, set technical direction. Identify issues and roadblocks and escalate to senior engineers. Proactively resolve technical issues, remove blockers for the team, and optimize processes. Apply validated quality software engineering practices (unit tests, code reviews). Ensure resilience and stability through regression and user acceptance testing. Oversee testing strategy, drive automation and performance testing. Provide level two production support. Own production support, incident management, and post-mortem analysis. Individual contributor to features on a project assigned by managers. Document code and processes. Individually own and drive small scale projects, collaborating with business stakeholders at both design and coding levels, and presenting results to leadership. Develop and maintain technical documentation, onboarding materials, and training resources.

Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related subject area, and 48 months of experience in job offered, or closely related role. Position requires four years of experience in the following: Python and related technologies with Object Oriented skills and design patterns; Experience working with Python core libraries and concepts; Concurrent programming and designing high throughput, high availability, fault tolerant distributed applications; Building modern software using git, unit testing, integration testing, and mocking frameworks; Analytical and software architecture design skills, including test driven development; Building distributed applications using SQL or NOSQL technologies, including MS SQL, Sybase, Cassandra, or Redis; Algorithms, Optimization, or related quantitative processes; Relational databases; and Financial or Investment Industry experience. Position requires two years of experience in the following: Message brokers; Using high scale distributed technology including Kafka, Mongo, Ignite or Redis; Building microservices and APIs using REST, Kafka, or gRPC; and Artificial Intelligence.

Salary: $135000 - 148,000

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For Atlanta, GA Only the salary range for this position is USD$0.00 - USD$0.00 . 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.