Associate, Applicant Engineer

$153,000 - $157,500/Yr

BlackRock - New York, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - New York, NY

Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

About the position

The Associate, Applicant Engineer at BlackRock is responsible for analyzing the client and investment management lifecycle to design optimal solutions. This role involves supporting all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, application design, system development, testing, implementation, and production support. The engineer will work closely with team members and end users to enhance application functionality and ensure user requests are met effectively.

Responsibilities

• Analyze the client and investment management lifecycle to design solutions.
• Support all phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Create technical design documents to describe planned solutions and dependencies.
• Leverage and learn core technologies designed in-house to scale solutions.
• Implement new business functionalities on the Aladdin system.
• Provide ongoing support and maintenance of existing application functionality.
• Work closely with team members, end users, and client support teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Two years of experience as a Programmer Analyst or a related role.
• Experience with SQL and corresponding tools to query data.
• Programming experience using Java, Python, Cassandra, Spring, Hibernate, JUnit, UNIX.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.
• Knowledge of Java performance tuning methodologies.
• Experience with Java reactive programming for concurrent operations.
• Experience designing, developing, and documenting RESTful APIs.
• Experience with Protocol Buffers and RPC calls.
• Experience with API testing frameworks and tools including Postman and Swagger.
• One year of experience with distributed computing platforms.
• Experience developing and delivering cloud-based solutions.
• Experience with UI frameworks including Angular.

Benefits

• Strong retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive healthcare
• Support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)