Data Pipeline Engineering Aladdin Data - Associate
Data Pipeline Engineering Aladdin Data - Associate
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About this role
Aladdin Data is at the heart of Aladdin and increasingly the ability to consume store analyze and gain insight from data has become a key component of our competitive advantage. The DOE team is responsible for the data ecosystem within BlackRock. Our goal is to build and maintain a leadingedge data platform that provides highly available consistent data of the highest quality for all users of the platform notably investors operations teams and data scientists. We focus on evolving our platform to deliver exponential scale to the firm powering the future growth of Aladdin.
Data Pipeline Engineers at BlackRock get to experience working at one of the most recognized financial companies in the world while being part of a software development team responsible for next generation technologies and solutions. Our engineers design and build large scale data storage computation and distribution systems. They partner with data and analytics experts to deliver high quality analytical and derived data to our consumers.
We are looking for data engineers who like to innovate and seek complex problems. We recognize that strength comes from diversity and will embrace your unique skills curiosity drive and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual. We are committed to open source and we regularly give our work back to the community. Engineers looking to work in the areas of orchestration data modeling data pipelines APIs storage distribution distributed computation consumption and infrastructure are ideal candidates.
Responsibilities
Data Pipeline Engineers are expected to be involved from inception of projects understand requirements architect develop deploy and maintain data pipelines (ETL / ELT). Typically they work in a multidisciplinary squad (we follow Agile! which involves partnering with program and product managers to expand product offering based on business demands. Design is an iterative process whether for UX services or infrastructure. Our goal is to drive up user engagement and adoption of the platform while constantly working towards modernizing and improving platform performance and scalability.
Deployment and maintenance require close interaction with various teams. This requires maintaining a positive and collaborative working relationship with teams within DOE as well as with wider Aladdin developer community. Production support for applications is usually required for issues that cannot be resolved by operations team. Creative and inventive problemsolving skills for reduced turnaround times are highly valued.
Preparing user documentation to maintain both development and operations continuity is integral to the role.
And Ideal candidate would have
- At least 4 years experience as a data engineer
- Experience in SQL Sybase Linux is a must
- Experience coding in two of these languages for server side/data processing is required Java Python C
- 2 years experience using modern data stack (spark snowflake Big Query etc. on cloud platforms (Azure GCP AWS)
- Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines for complex data engineering projects (using Airflow dbt Great Expectations would be a plus)
- Experience with Database Modeling Normalization techniques
- Experience with objectoriented design patterns
- Experience with dev ops tools like Git Maven Jenkins Gitlab CI Azure DevOps
- Experience with Agile development concepts and related tools
- Ability to trouble and fix performance issues across the codebase and database queries
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to operate in a fastpaced environment
- Strong interpersonal skills with a cando attitude under challenging circumstances
- BA/BS or equivalent practical experience
Skills that would be a plus
- Perl ETL tools (Informatica Talend dbt etc.
- Experience with Snowflake or other Cloud Data warehousing products
- Exposure with Workflow management tools such as Airflow
- Exposure to messaging platforms such as Kafka
- Exposure to NoSQL platforms such as Cassandra MongoDB
- Building and Delivering REST APIs
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.
For additional information on BlackRock please visit @blackrock Twitter: @blackrock LinkedIn:www.linkedin/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.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
