Role Description:
We are looking for experienced full-stack engineers with a focus on front-end development. If you are passionate about harnessing the latest web technologies to build sleek user interfaces that deliver seamless and connected user experiences, then this could be the right next career move for you.
As a Front-end Engineer, you will work closely with a team of elite developers within the Aladdin Studio UI team. Every day you will utilize cutting-edge technologies to build the next generation of financial technology applications. Ideally, you will be someone who loves to operate at the intersection of technology and design; with demonstrable skill in partnering with product managers, designers, and other engineers to develop a suite of tools that our clients can use to both access and innovate with financial data from research through to production. With a growing demand to build out custom, bespoke workflows, the team’s goal is to provide users with a seamless, tailored experience across a number of priority workflows; including (but not limited to) manipulating financial data for official reporting, developing models that will inform trading and investment decisions, and automating everyday financial and operational tasks.
Key Responsibilities:
Work with a team of engineers to build out modern and elegant frontend tools, partnering with the UX and product teams to understand and influence the product roadmap
Ensure code quality and interface reliability by adhering to internal standards and thoroughly testing applications.
Find opportunities to improve the accessibility, performance, and stability of our interfaces.
Mentor team members on forward-thinking approaches to front-end development, testing standards, and implementing a DevOps approach
Deliver all software via Agile methodologies and take an active role in Scrum-based ceremonies.
Collaborate with the data, compute, cloud, and API teams across the broader Aladdin Studio engineering community to optimize value and meet our timelines.
Desirable Skills:
5+ years of experience building user interface components using a modern web stack (e.g., React, Angular, Vue, etc.), preferably using TypeScript.
5+ years hands-on experience developing complex enterprise software systems.
Strong Object-Oriented Programming skills and experience (e.g., Golang, Python, Java, etc.) .
Experience working with varied data platforms including relational, key-value and index-based tools
Passion for driving continuous refinement in architecture, testing, and version control.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Experience with containers, Kubernetes, and scale data tools (esp. Snowflake) is a plus
New York, New York
BlackRock, Inc. is an American global investment management corporation based in New York City. Founded in 1988, initially as a risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager with $6.5 trillion in assets under management as of April 2019. BlackRock operates globally with 70 offices in 30 countries and clients in 100 countries. Due to its power and the sheer size and scope of its financial assets and activities, BlackRock has been called the world's largest shadow bank.
In May 2019, BlackRock received widespread criticism for the environmental impact of its holdings. It is counted among the top three shareholders in every oil “supermajor” except Total, and is among the top 10 shareholders in seven of the 10 biggest coal producers. In its 2018 annual letter to shareholders, chief executive Larry Fink said that his overriding duty is to make customers money, whatever the environmental consequences.