Senior Java Software Engineer - VP

Want to elevate your career by being a part of the worlds largest asset manager Do you thrive in an environment that fosters positive relationships and recognizes stellar service Are analyzing complex problems and identifying solutions your passion Look no further. BlackRock is currently seeking a Vice President to become part of our team. We recognize that strength comes from diversity and will embrace your rare skills eagerness and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow professionally and as an individual.

We know you want to feel valued every single day and be recognized for your contribution. At BlackRock we strive to empower our employees and actively engage your involvement in our success. Our technology and services empower millions of investors to save for retirement pay for college buy a home and improve their financial well-being. Come join our team and experience what it feels like to be part of an organization that makes a difference.

Senior Java Software Engineer

Blackrock is currently seeking a lead developer who is passionate about creating intuitive high quality software that is efficient to use visually appealing and inspires end user delight. The ideal candidate will take great pride in seeing their vision come to life in the hands of a user be curious and enjoy working with people that make brave decisions and love to learn new things.

You will be a senior member of a software development team embedded within Global Investment Operations (GIO) developing business-process focused technology solutions to scale its best in class operating platform. You will work closely with Edinburgh-based business users to develop solutions that combine technology data and domain expertise to drive exception-based function-agnostic service-orientated workflows across GIOs functional areas: Trading & Market Documentation Transaction Management Collateral Management Payments Corporate Actions Cash & Asset Operations and Securities Lending Operations.

BlackRocks technology teams are:

• Passionate about technology and love solving complex problems.

• Building solutions for both BlackRock and over 100 client organizations using the Aladdin ecosystem.

• Working with leading technologies such as Kafka Cassandra Camunda and a host of other languages and open source technologies.

• Operating in an agile environment.

• Committed to open source and love to contribute back to the community.

• Writing testable software every day with a focus on incremental innovation.

You like to:

• Work in a culture of openness inclusion and proactive engagement at all levels.

• Work closely with users and other developers to translate imaginative designs into working prototypes.

• Understand the business you support and work closely with users to design develop & create innovative solutions.

• Solve complex problems in a constantly evolving environment with a focus on process optimisation data & technology.

• Inspire and mentor your team members toward successful careers and technical excellence.

• Foster strong internal & external partnerships with a focus on collaboration & client service.

• Operate in a fast-paced high-intensity environment and work as part of a distributed team.

You have:

• 8 years hands-on experience developing complex enterprise software systems.

• BA/BS in Computer Science from an accredited university

• Excellent analytical problem-solving and communication skills

• An ability to translate real business problems into technical solutions

• A track record of forging strong relationships and building trusted partnerships through open dialogue and continuous delivery

• Knowledge and experience adhering to software development life cycle best practices including test driven development (TDD) unit testing discipline agile development and CI/CD strategies.

• Experience working with teams across different time-zones and countries

• Strong OO skills and design patterns knowledge and implementation experience using one or more object-oriented languages (e.g. Java C/C Python)

• Experience building UI components using latest in web technologies (e.g. Angular React) and languages (e.g. TypeScript)

• Advanced knowledge and experience developing and working with relational databases (e.g. MySQL Sybase)

• Experience developing large-scale distributed software systems and streaming systems using open source distributed frameworks (e.g. Ignite Kafka) is a plus

• Experience developing using BPM engines such as Camunda is a plus

Want to learn more

For 30 years to drive innovation BlackRock has bought great minds together. From the very beginning technology was used for insight and efficiency to help our businesses better understand their clients objectives. Again BlackRock is accelerating innovation and technology to invest even more in their Aladdin platform and looking for people with a passion for technology and a love of solving complex problems to join their teams.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin sex gender gender expression sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.