Associate Application Engineer

About this role

Company: BlackRock Financial Management Inc.

Job Title: Associate Application Engineer

Location: 400 Howard St San Francisco CA 94105

Job Duties: Responsible for endtoend development and deployment of software powering the Aladdin product ensuring high scalability performance and reliability. Collaborate closely with users business analysts and senior tech leads to design robust software solutions. Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine the feasibility of designs within project time and budget constraints. Evaluate and recommend installation of new systems or modifications to existing systems based on comprehensive information analysis. Engage with systems analysts engineers and programmers to design systems understanding project limitations capabilities performance requirements and interfaces. Utilize highlevel programming languages such as Java Python and proficiently manage enterprise frameworks including Maven and Spring along with SQL and NoSQL solutions like Cassandra to implement scalable and efficient software solutions. Design develop and maintain enterpriselevel scalable extensible and highperforming APIs using technologies such as gRPC and REST. Design develop and modify software systems using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design decisions. Lead the development of frontend designs for entire web applications overseeing the implementation of user interface screens using React Angular and technologies like Redux NPM Node Cypress and Jest. Mentor junior team members conduct code reviews and impart domain knowledge to foster skill development and maintain high coding standards. Spearhead the integration of AI/ML features such as advanced text summarization recommendations and collaborative tools (e.g. copilot) to enhance product functionality and user engagement. Drive innovation and technical excellence across the team continuously evaluating emerging technologies and industry trends to influence development strategies. Implement comprehensive testing strategies including unit tests (Junit) endtoend testing and regression testing ensuring robustness and reliability of software systems. Manage the software development lifecycle including practicing agile development methodologies building and maintaining efficient CI/CD pipelines and overseeing release processes. Demonstrate strong problemsolving skills and deep understanding of the software ecosystem to support production issues effectively.

Qualifications: Bachelors degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science or a related field; and 2 years of experience as an Analyst or related role. Requires 2 years of experience involving the following:

Enterprise level software development languages including Java and Python

Frameworks: Maven Spring and Hibernate

Front End UI development using React with in state management libraries and patterns like Redux or Context API RTK Queries HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript TypeScript

Version control tools including Git

Designing developing and maintaining enterpriselevel distributed scalable extensible and high performing APIs gRPC REST API Authentication (OAuth JWT) and documentation (Swagger or OpenAPI) Protobuf Kafka

Writing unit tests during development cycle endtoend testing and regression testing using Junit Mockito Jest Cucumber

Database and caching and technologies including SQL and NoSQL databases (Cassandra) and Ignite

Objectoriented design and programming multithreading scalable design microservices architecture different design patterns and software development best practices

Integrating AI/ML features into software products such as advanced text summarization recommendation systems or collaborative tools

Software development life cycle which includes business requirements gathering creating high and low level technical designs and agile development practices

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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

BlackRocks 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 wellbeing. Our clients and the people they serve are saving for retirement paying for their childrens 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. Its why were dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed valued and supported with networks benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

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