Associate, Application Engineer

Aplaro Ltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BlackRock is hiring Software Engineers to build the Aladdin platform, combining risk analytics with portfolio management tools. You will contribute to scalable, high-quality software used by thousands of users worldwide.

Candidates should have strong Java, Spring, frontend experience, and a solid grasp of distributed systems, databases, and messaging. Collaboration across teams and a growth-focused culture are emphasized.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, Engineering, or related field with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven foundation in Java with OO design patterns and modern frameworks.
• Experience with Spring Boot and modern frontend tech (React/Vue/Angular).
• Knowledge of concurrent programming, distributed systems, and databases.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate across multi-office, multi-country teams to deliver scalable software.
• Build and support reliable, high-quality software systems.
• Contribute to Aladdin's global trading platform with robust engineering practices.
• Design solutions, identify issues, and remove blockers across development phases.
• Promote code quality with tests, reviews, and continuous integration.
• Support an inclusive team culture and cross-team collaboration.

Skills

Core Java

OO design

Spring Framework

Frontend frameworks

Concurrency

Relational databases

Messaging systems

Git/Maven

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS or related

Tools

Git

Maven

JUnit

Job description

About this role

Are you interested in building innovative technology that helps power the financial markets? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and solving meaningful technical challenges? Do you want to work with and learn from experienced leaders in technology and finance? At BlackRock, we are looking for Software Engineers who are curious, collaborative, and excited to build high-quality solutions. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and we value your skills, curiosity, and passion while giving you the opportunity to continue growing technically and professionally. We invest and protect over $9 trillion (USD) of assets and have an extraordinary responsibility to our clients all over the world. Our technology helps millions of investors save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home, and improve their financial well-being. Being a technologist at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds: working for one of the world’s leading financial companies while being part of a software development team building next-generation technology and solutions.

What are Aladdin and Aladdin Engineering?

You will be working on BlackRock’s investment operating system called Aladdin. Aladdin is used both internally within BlackRock and externally by many financial institutions. Aladdin combines sophisticated risk analytics with comprehensive portfolio management, trading, and operations tools on a single platform to support informed decision-making and connect thousands of users investing worldwide. Our development teams sit within the Aladdin Engineering group. Together, we build technology that changes the way information, people, and technology come together for global investment firms. We build and deliver tools that manage trillions in assets and support millions of financial instruments. We perform risk calculations and process millions of transactions for thousands of users every day worldwide.

Being a member of Aladdin Engineering, you will be:

• Tenacious: Comfortable working in a fast-paced and complex environment.
• Creative thinker: Able to evaluate solutions and apply technology in flexible ways.
• Great teammate: Collaborative, thoughtful, and able to communicate effectively.
• Fast learner: Eager to learn new concepts and apply them quickly.

Responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment.
• Build and support efficient, reliable, and scalable software and technology systems.
• Contribute to the development of Aladdin’s global, multi-asset trading platform.
• Design and develop solutions to technical problems, helping identify issues and remove roadblocks.
• Apply sound software engineering practices through all phases of development.
• Contribute ideas to improve team productivity and efficiency.
• Support an inclusive team culture through collaboration, recruiting support, and employee engagement.

Qualifications:

• B.S. / M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject area 4+ years of relevant experience

Skills and Experience:

• A proven foundation in core Java and related technologies, with OO skills and design patterns
• Experience building high-quality software using design-focused and test-driven approaches
• Hands-on experience in Java/Spring Framework/Spring Boot
• Hands-on experience in modern front-end frameworks such as React, Vue.js or Angular.
• Good understanding of concurrent programming and experience building reliable, scalable distributed applications.
• Prior experience in message brokers
• Understanding of relational databases is a must.
• Demonstrable experience building modern software using engineering tools such as git, maven, unit testing and integration testing tools, mocking frameworks.
• Strong analytical and software design skills, with an emphasis on writing well-tested code.
• Great analytical, problem-solving and communication skills
• Some experience or a real interest in finance, investment processes, and/or an ability to translate business problems into technical solutions.
• Experience contributing to development projects and supporting the design and technical quality of an application, system, or component.
• Ability to form positive relationships with partnering teams, sponsors, and user groups.

Nice to have and opportunities to learn:

• Experience in scripting languages such as Python, Golang, etc.
• Exposure to building distributed applications using SQL and/or NoSQL technologies such as MS SQL, Sybase, or in-memory data stores for caching and real-time analytics.
• Exposure to cloud-native design patterns and event-driven microservice architectures.
• Exposure to high scale distributed technology like Real-time distributed event streaming platform, Mongo, Ignite, In-memory data stores for caching and real-time analytics
• Exposure to building microservices and APIs ideally with REST, Real-time distributed event streaming platform or gRPC
• Experience working in an agile development team or on open-source development projects