Application Engineer (Java Backend), Vice President
- Primetrace
- 8 - 13 years
- Mumbai
- 4 days ago
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About this role
Are you interested in building innovative technology that crafts the financial marketsDo you like working at the speed of a startup, and solving some of the world s most exciting challengesDo you want to work with, and learn from, hands-on leaders in technology and finance
At BlackRock, we are looking for Software Engineers who like to innovate and solve sophisticated problems. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your outstanding skills, curiosity, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual.
We invest and protect over $ 11 trillion (USD) of assets and have an extraordinary responsibility to our clients all over the world. Our technology empowers millions of investors to 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 most sophisticated financial companies and being part of a software development team responsible for next generation technology and solutions.
What are Aladdin and Aladdin Engineering
- You will be working on BlackRocks 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 power informed decision-making and create a connective tissue for thousands of users investing worldwide.
- Our development teams reside inside the Aladdin Engineering group. We collaboratively build the next generation of technology that changes the way information, people, and technology intersect for global investment firms. We build and package tools that manage trillions in assets and supports millions of financial instruments. We perform risk calculations and process millions of transactions for thousands of users every day worldwide!
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Being a member of Aladdin Engineering, you will be:
- Tenacious: Work in a fast paced and highly complex environment
- Creative thinker: Analyse multiple solutions and deploy technologies in a flexible way.
- Great teammate: Think and work collaboratively and communicate effectively.
- Fast learner: Pick up new concepts and apply them quickly.
Responsibilities include:
- Collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment.
- Deliver high efficiency, high availability, concurrent and fault tolerant software systems.
- Significantly contribute to development of Aladdin s global, multi-asset trading platform.
- Work with product management and business users to define the roadmap for the product.
- Design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues and roadblocks.
- Apply validated quality software engineering practices through all phases of development.
- Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, dev ops and level two production support.
- Be a leader with vision and a partner in brainstorming solutions for team productivity, efficiency, guiding and motivating others.
- Drive a strong culture by bringing principles of inclusion and diversity to the team and setting the tone through specific recruiting, management actions and employee engagement.
- Candidate should be able to lead individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables using AGILE methodologies.
Qualifications:
- B.E./ B.TECH./ MCA or any other relevant engineering degree from a reputed university.
- 8+ years of proven experience
Skills and Experience:
- A proven foundation in core Java and related technologies, with OO skills and design patterns
- Track record building high quality software with design-focused and test-driven approaches
- Good hands-on object-oriented programming knowledge in Java, Spring, TypeScript, JavaScript, Microservices, Angular (2.0+).
- Strong knowledge of Open-Source technology stack (Spring, Hibernate, Maven, JUnit, etc.).
- Experience with relational database and/or NoSQL Database (e.g., Apache Cassandra)
- 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.
- Candidate should have experience leading development teams, projects or being responsible for the design and technical quality of a significant application, system, or component . Ability to form positive relationships with partnering teams, sponsors, and user groups.
Nice to have and opportunities to learn:
- Exposure to building microservices and APIs ideally with REST, Kafka or gRPC .
- Experience working in an agile development team or on open-source development projects.
- Experience with optimization, algorithms or related quantitative processes.
- Exposure to high scale distributed technology like Kafka, Mongo, Ignite, Redis
- Experience with Cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud
- Experience with DevOps and tools like Azure DevOps
- Experience with AI-related projects/products or experience working in an AI research environment.
- A degree, certifications or opensource track record that shows you have a mastery of software engineering principles.
Our benefits .
Our hybrid work model
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About BlackRock
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This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment - the one we make in our employees. It s why we re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com / company / blackrock
BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.
Job Classification
Industry: Financial ServicesFunctional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QARole Category: Software DevelopmentRole: Head - EngineeringEmployement Type: Full timeContact Details:
Company: PrimetraceLocation(s): Mumbai+ View Contact
Keyskills: Hibernate Core Java Finance Analytical Javascript Manager Technology Healthcare Open source Apache Object oriented programming
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