Site Reliability Engineer, Release Engineering, Vice President

About this role

About this role

Are you interested in building innovative technology that crafts the financial markets Do you like working at the speed of a startup and solving some of the worlds most exciting challenges Do you want to work with and learn from hands-on leaders in technology and finance

At BlackRock we are looking for Software Engineers who like to innovate and solve sophisticated problems. We recognize that strength comes from diversity and will embrace your outstanding skills curiosity and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual.

We invest and protect over $9 trillion (USD) of assets and have an extraordinary responsibility to our clients all over the world. Our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement pay for college buy a home and improve their financial well-being.

Being a technologist at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds: working for one of the most sophisticated financial companies and being part of a software development team responsible for next generation technology and solutions.

What are Aladdin and Aladdin Engineering

• You will be working on BlackRocks investment operating system called Aladdin. Aladdin is used both internally within BlackRock and externally by many financial institutions. Aladdin combines sophisticated risk analytics with comprehensive portfolio management trading and operations tools on a single platform to power informed decision-making and create a connective tissue for thousands of users investing worldwide.

• Our development teams reside inside the Aladdin Engineering group. We collaboratively build the next generation of technology that changes the way information people and technology intersect for global investment firms. We build and package tools that manage trillions in assets and supports millions of financial instruments. We perform risk calculations and process millions of transactions for thousands of users every day worldwide!

Being a member of Aladdin Engineering you will be:

• Tenacious: Work in a fast paced and highly complex environment

• A creative thinker: Analyse multiple solutions and deploy technologies in a flexible way

• A great teammate: Think and work collaboratively and communicate effectively

• A fast learner: Pick up new concepts and apply them quickly

Responsibilities include:

• Applying the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to improve the reliability and availability of our software release tools

• Defining and refining our priorities based on performance and incident data

• Significantly contributing to the observability and stability of Aladdins global multi-asset trading platform

• Delivering high efficiency high availability concurrent and fault tolerant software and technology systems

• Designing and developing innovative solutions to complex problems identifying issues and roadblocks

• Being a leader with vision and a partner in brainstorming solutions for team productivity efficiency guiding and motivating others

• Driving a strong culture by bringing principles of inclusion and diversity to the team

Qualifications:

• B.S. / M.S. degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related subject area

• 8 years of experience

Skills and Experience:

• Hands-on experiencewith observability tools like Grafana / Prometheus / Splunk / Datadog / AppDynamics etc

• A background in setting measuring and achieving Service Level Objectives (SLOs) using Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and error budgets

• Hands-on experience in Java/ Spring Framework / Spring Boot

• A track record building high quality software with design-focused and test-driven approaches

• In-depth understanding of concurrent programming and experience in designing high throughput high availability fault tolerant distributed applications

• Understanding of relational databases Linux OS and TCP/IP fundamentals

• Demonstrable experience building modern software using engineering tools such as git maven unit testing and integration testing tools mocking frameworks and CI/CD pipelines

• Strong analytical and software architecture design skills with an emphasis on test driven development

• Great analytical problem-solving and communication skills

• Some experience or a real interest in finance investment processes and/or an ability to translate business problems into technical solutions

• Experience leading development teams projects or being responsible for the design and technical quality of a significant application system or component

• Ability to form positive relationships with partnering teams sponsors and user groups

Nice to have and opportunities to learn:

• Experience in scripting languages such as Python Golang etc

• Expertise in building distributed applications using SQL and/or NOSQL technologies like MS SQL Sybase Cassandra or Redis

• A real-world practitioner of applying cloud-native design patterns to event-driven microservice architectures

• Exposure to high scale distributed technology like Kafka Mongo Ignite Redis

• Exposure to building microservices and APIs ideally with REST Kafka or gRPC

• Experience working in an agile development team or on open-source development projects

• Experience with optimization algorithms or related quantitative processes

• Experience with Cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure AWS Google Cloud

• Experience with cloud deployment technology (Docker Ansible Terraform etc.)

• Experience with DevOps and tools like Azure DevOps

• Experience with AI-related projects/products or experience working in an AI research environment

• Exposure to Docker Kubernetes and cloud services

• A degree certifications or opensource track record that shows you have a mastery of software engineering principles

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 well-being. 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: 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.