Front End Developer, Aladdin Wealth Tech, Associate

Description

About this role

Description

About this role

Elevate your career by joining the world's largest asset manager! Thrive in an environment that fosters positive relationships and recognizes outstanding performance! 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 effectively engage your involvement in our success.

Aladdin Wealth is a fast-growing fintech business operating within BlackRock Solutions, and our mission is to leverage the power of Aladdin's analytics, technology, and data to give financial advisors the edge they need to build better portfolios and deliver better outcomes to their end customers. Our product is a B2B enterprise SaaS offering and we generate direct revenues for the firm. We operate as one cohesive unit spanning client, product, and engineering, and we pride ourselves on getting things done and delivering new business value quickly and frequently. We are passionate about finding new ways to solve real business problems in our industry using technology and data.

We are rapidly growing our engineering team and are looking for ambitious React Developers who can independently architect, develop, and deploy front-end applications.

About the Position

At BlackRock, we are looking for Software Engineers who like to innovate and solve 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.

With over USD $10 trillion of assets, we have an exceptional responsibility: our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home and improve their financial wellbeing.

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

Job Purpose / Background:

We are an outstanding group of engineers that are passionate about all aspects of enterprise software development.

You are an ambitious software engineer that can independently develop and deploy high scale end-to-end applications and have the ability to contribute to a tight-knit team. You also have a good understanding of how the web works. Members of our team are encouraged to bring ideas to help shape our technical solutions forward and to communicate those ideas to senior leaders.

Beyond engineering, you will have a strong desire to learn the business context of your projects, so you can quickly contribute to solving problems and driving decisions to engage, learn, drive and deliver change on a global scale!

ROLES/ RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build , deploy, and maintain fast and scalable web front-end and business processes that drive the investment management process for our clients
• Partner closely with API teams, product management teams, and external client relationship management teams to enhance the product offering and drive-up user engagement and adoption
• Beyond engineering, a successful candidate will always strive to learn the business context of their projects to quickly play a leading role in solving problems and driving decisions

QUALIFICATIONS

• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experienc e
• 2+ years' experience in React development with a focus on functional components and hooks; demonstrated experience with the latest features of JavaScript (ES6-ES9)
• Experience with strongly typed languages, including Typescript , is a plus
• Experience architecting and deploying complex applications in a production capacity

• Some experience with a back-end language and web framework
• Experience with Java or other JVM based language is a plus
• Excellent communicator, both written and verbal
• Able to work independently with minimal direction when appropriate
• Experience in the finance industry or knowledge of financial products/markets is a plus

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.

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 children's 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. It's why we're 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 careers.blackrock.com | www.blackrock.com/corporate | Instagram: @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/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.