VP, Software Engineer (Java & C++)

Are you passionate about building innovative technology that shapes financial markets Do you thrive in a fast-paced startup-like environment while tackling some of the worlds most complex challenges Do you want to learn from and collaborate with hands-on leaders across technology and finance

At BlackRockwerelooking for engineers who are driven to innovate and solve hard problems. We value diverse perspectives and embrace your unique skills curiosity and ambitionsupporting your growth both technically and personally.

With over$14 trillionin assets our responsibility is significant: the technology we build empowers millions of investors to achieve their financial goalswhether saving for retirement funding education or building a secure future.

As asoftwareengineerat BlackRockyoullcombine the scale and sophistication of a global financial leader with the opportunity to build next-generation technology at the forefront of the industry.

What is Aladdin and Aladdin Engineering (AE)

• Aladdin platform: You will be working on BlackRocks investment operating system Aladdinused both internally and by financial institutions worldwide. It brings together sophisticated risk analytics portfolio management trading and operations in a single unified platform. Aladdin enables informed decision-making and connects thousands of users across the global investment ecosystem.

• Aladdin Engineering: Our team sits within Aladdin Engineering where we build the next generation of technology that redefines how people data and systems interact across global investment firms. We develop and scale platforms that manage trillions of dollars in assets process millions of transactions daily and support a vast universe of financial instruments.

• Portfolio Management Engineering: Within AE Portfolio Management Engineering empowers investors with clarity precision and confidence. We design resilient scalable systems that transform complex data into actionable insightsenabling faster better investment decisions. By connecting strategy analytics and execution into seamless workflows we simplify complexity automate routine processes and surface risk and opportunity. Through innovation and engineering excellence we build platforms that evolve with the markets.

Being a member of thePortfolio Management Engineeringteam you will be:

• Tenacious: Thrive in a fast-pacedhighly complexenvironment

• Innovative: Evaluate multiple solutions and apply technology creatively and flexibly

• Collaborative: Work effectively as part of a team and communicate with clarity

• Adaptable: Quickly learn new concepts and apply them with impact

Responsibilities

• Ownproject priorities timelines and deliverablesleveragingAgile methodologies

• Designanddeliverhighly efficient scalable and resilient systems with strong availability and fault tolerance.Hands-on coding

• Contributeto the development of Aladdins global multi-asset trading platform

• Act as asenior individual contributor delivering key capabilities within portfolio management systems including next-generation portfolio construction and monitoring

• Partnerwith product management and business stakeholders to define and evolve the product roadmap

• Designinnovative solutions to complex problems proactively identifying risks and removing roadblocks

• Providetechnical leadershipdriving team productivity mentoring developers and fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence

Qualifications& Competencies

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science EngineeringMathematicsor equivalent.

• Over7years of hands-on experience inCoreJava Candenterprise-grade software engineering.

• Experienceleading engineering teams projects or being fully responsible for the design and technical quality of a significant application system or keycomponent.

• Ability toform positive relationshipswith partnering teams sponsors and user groups

• Strong interest incurrent and emerging trends of platforms and technologies

• In-depth understanding ofconcurrent programmingand designing high throughput high availability fault-tolerant distributed applications.

• Expertisein buildingadoptimizingdistributed applications usingSQLand/or NoSQL technologies such as MSSQL MongoDB Snowflake or Redis.

• Strong interest indistributed systems infrastructure services cloudtechnologyand AI/ML techniques.

• Prior experience with message broker technology such as Kafka orgRPC.

• Prior experience or academic knowledge inAIsolutionsand technologyis a plus.

• Knowledge of modern front-end frameworks such as React or Angular is a plus.

• Excellentanalyticalandsoftware architecture design skills with an emphasis on test-driven development.

• Strongcommunicationandpresentationskills both written and verbal.

• Experience or realinterest in finance investments or portfolio management processes and an ability to translate business problems into technical solutions