Full Stack Web Developer, Aladdin Data, Associate

Job Description

About this role Company Overview: BlackRock is a global leader in investment management, risk management, and advisory services for institutional and retail clients. We help clients achieve their goals and overcome challenges with a range of products, including separate accounts, mutual funds, iShares (exchange-traded funds), and other pooled investment vehicles. We also offer risk management, advisory, and enterprise investment system services to a broad base of institutional investors through BlackRock Solutions . Headquartered in New York City, as of February 5, 2025, we handle approximately $11.5 trillion in assets under management (AUM) and have around 19,000 employees in offices across 38 countries, with a significant presence in key global markets, including North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East, and Africa. Aladdin Data: When BlackRock was founded in 1988, the goal was to combine financial services with innovative technology. Today, BlackRock is a leading FinTech platform for investment management and technology services globally. Data is central to the Aladdin platform, differentiating us through our ability to consume, store, analyze, and gain insights from it. The Aladdin Data team maintains a pioneering data platform that delivers high[1]quality data to users, including investors, operations staff, data scientists, and engineers. Our aim is to provide consistent, high-quality data while evolving our platform to support the firms growth. We build high-performance data pipelines, enable data discovery and consumption, and continually enhance our data storage capabilities. Studio Self-service Front-end Engineering: Our team develops full-stack web applications for vendor data self-service, client data configuration, pipelines, and workflows. We support over a thousand internal users and hundreds of clients. We manage the data toolkit, including client-facing data requests, modeling, configuration management, ETL tools, CRUD applications, customized workflows, and back-end APIs to deliver exceptional client and user experiences with intuitive tools and excellent UX. Job Description and Responsibilities: Design, build, and maintain various front-end and corresponding back-end platform components, working with Product and Program Managers. Implement new user interfaces and business functionalities to meet evolving business and customer requirements, working with end users, with clear and concise documentation. Analyze and improve the performance of applications and related operational workflows to improve efficiency and throughput. Diagnose, research, and resolve software defects. Ensure software stability through documentation, code reviews, regression, unit, and user acceptance testing for smooth production operations. Lead all aspects of level 2 & 3 application support, ensuring smooth operation of existing processes and meeting new business opportunities. Be a self-starter and work with minimal direction in a globally distributed team. Role Essentials: A passion for engineering highly available, performant full-stack applications with a "Student of Markets and Technology" attitude. Bachelors or masters degree or equivalent experience in computer science or engineering. 3+ years of professional experience working in teams. Experience in full-stack user-facing application development using web technologies (Angular, React, JavaScript) and Java-based REST API (Spring framework). Experience in testing frameworks such as Protractor, TestCafe, Jest. Knowledge in relational database development and at least one NoSQL Database (e.g., Apache Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.). Knowledge of software development methodologies (analysis, design, development, testing) and a basic understanding of Agile/Scrum methodology and practices. Our benefits . Our hybrid work model . About BlackRock . .