Full Stack Engineer , Aladdin Engineering - Associate

Job Description

Studio 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 Full Stack/Data Virtualization 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 Digital, Events Orchestration, APIs, data distribution, distributed computation, consumption, visualization, virtualization and infrastructure are ideal candidates. Responsibilities Studio Engineers are expected to be involved from inception of projects, understand requirements, architect, develop, deploy, and maintain studio products and services. Typically, they work in a multi-disciplinary 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 Studio as we'll 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 problem-solving skills for reduced turnaround times are highly valued. Preparing user documentation to maintain both development and operations continuity is integral to the role. Adhering to BlackRocks UX and design standards is expected and contributing towards upkeep of those standards is encouraged. And Ideal candidate would have BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience At least 7+ years experience delivering medium to large scale enterprise solutions. Must have experience architecting and building scalable distributed applications Experience in Java, SQL, Linux, REACT is a must Experience with Event Driven Architecture, Micro Services and Cloud technologies Experience / Familiarity with object-oriented 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 shoot and fix performance issues across the codebase and database queries Excellent written and verbal communication skills Passion for learning and implementing new technologies Ability to operate under fast-paced environment Skills that would be a plus C++ Experience with Snowflake Experience supporting large scale, complex analytics requirements