BLACKROCK INVESTMENTS is looking for employees for positions:
engineer
Responsibility
be inquisitive, enthusiastic and open to quickly learning the business and our systems
gain an in depth knowledge of how the software works
design, develop, and maintain the next generation of scalable AI platform for the world's best investment management technology platform
you will have complete ownership of ensuring that changes were fully completed, and any affected services restored
collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment
contribute to individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables using AGILE methodologies
work on the design, coding and testing activities at the most detailed level to ensure successful delivery of enhancements
design is an iterative process, whether for UX, services or infrastructure
Requirements
A four-year degree specializing in Computer Science, MIS, Mathematics, Physics, or Engineering. Exposure to
experience designing and building scalable micro-services using API-First principles using at least one of REST/gRPC
exposure to Docker, Kubernetes and cloud services is beneficial
B.S./M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject area
B.S./M.S
experience in message brokers such as Kafka is a plus
demonstrable experience building modern software using engineering tools such as git, maven, unit testing and integration testing tools, mocking frameworks
A proven foundation in core Java and related technologies, with OO skills and design patterns
software engineer
Requirements
the ideal candidate will work closely with business areas to build efficient and modular controls
solid grasp of Python, ideally in a financial environment
ability to code in an object-oriented manner
experience of unit and end-to-end testing of Python
use of code repositories and GIT
knowledge of SQL
experience in analysing large data sets
although predominantly a Python and SQL based role, they will also need to demonstrable the ability to work across technologies focusing on the best tool for the job
Responsibility
we are expected to adhere to a full-development lifecycle as well as guiding fellow developers in the team
alongside this, the role will include helping to formalize the build, release, and deployment process of Python applications
within Regulatory Solutions, Software Engineers are members of a technology focussed team, tasked with using Python and SQL to implement automated controls for our major G20 regulations including EMIR, MIFIR and SFTR
knowledge of regulatory costs and periodic filings
devops engineer
Requirements
bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or similar role
strong knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
hands-on experience with AWS services including S3, EC2, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, and ECS/EKS
proficiency in scripting and automation using Python and PowerShell
experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
A degree specializing in Computer Science, Technology, MIS, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering or similar
familiarity with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Splunk, etc
Responsibility
design and implement DevOps solutions to support the development, deployment, and operation of applications
build, update, and maintaintooling to deploy, upgrade, monitor, and maintain infrastructure hosted in AWS andAzure
collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of software
develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate the build, test, and deployment processes
implement and manage infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar
automate system administration and operational tasks using PowerShell and Python scripting to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention
support applications running on Windows servers and cloud environments including AWS and Azure
integrate applications with observability tools such as Grafana, Splunk, and PagerDuty to enable proactive monitoring, alerting, and incident automation
researcher
Benefits
mutual
Responsibility
creating, testing and enhancing quant drivers, FI index metrics, optimizers, simulators and ML techniques
driving modern research data and research technology solutions
collaborating with technology teams to help develop research databases and back testing frameworks
leveraging, as well as contributing to, broader research initiatives across BlackRock
developing and maintaining strong relationships with cutting-edge researchers in both the professional and academic communities to fuel their research
partnering with other researchers, IFI PM, PM Architecture, Technology and Product Strategy teams to research and develop solutions for concrete index portfolio management problems
index advocacy – working with external index providers to modernize FI indices
driving a full research process: idea generation, data collection, modelling, portfolio/product implementation and articulation of strategies to key stakeholders
Requirements
strong programming skills in Python, SQL, R, MATLAB, or similar languages
ability to interface with large databases and manipulate/link large research datasets
ability to formulate and conduct detailed empirical studies and communicate complex ideas
A genuine interest in, and strong knowledge of, fixed income markets, instruments, data and analytics
knowledge of BlackRock Aladdin tools beneficial
master’s or Ph.D. in a quantitative discipline: e.g., economics, finance, statistics, engineering
network engineer
Requirements
minimum of 4 years’ experience provisioning, deploying and supporting cloud native applications in Azure with Terraform, ARM templates or equivalent