Associate, Software Engineer (Securities Lending)

At BlackRock, we are looking for Software Engineers who like to build innovative technology to solve sophisticated challenges. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your outstanding skills, curiosity, drive, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual while learning from hands-on leaders in technology and finance. With over USD $9 trillion of assets we have an outstanding responsibility: our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home and improve their financial wellbeing. Being a developer at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds: working for one of the most sophisticated financial companies and also leading a software development team responsible for next generation technology and solutions. We are seeking an adventurous individual to join the SL Engineering Team within Global Securities Lending; one of the world's top Lending Agents. Our Team Securities Lending manages more than $350 billion in loans and related collateral globally. We are a world-class Asset Management & FinTech firm that is differentiated by a team approach and the desire to help each other succeed. We maintain our outstanding performance through innovative trading and other business technologies which bring to bear sophisticated models, and quantitative techniques. We are a newly formed technology team within the business & we have the opportunity to learn about our business domain and what is our impact on clients We have freedom to choose our tools and technologies. We use open source, industry standard, up-to date technologies We value open communication and eagerness to learn and share! You Are Excited to be building innovative technology and like performing at the speed of a startup! Keen to deliver business value and take ownership of the project, while enjoying the full support, assistance, and guidance from the entire group. Curious about your profession and driven to learn and stay up to date. High attention to quality in design, code, and code review. Thinking about the big picture including user experience, business analysis, DevOps. We Are Passionate about building quality software and scaling technology to meet the needs of tomorrow Building solutions that drive performance for our clients and the business Developing in Java, React, Kafka, Cassandra, Python and others Writing testable software every day, with a focus on rapid, incremental innovation Responsibilities Coding: Primary focus on actively coding and designing for our next-generation high-velocity, scalable trading, electronic trading, and analytics platforms. Team collaboration: collaborate with team members across multiple offices globally, including Gurgaon, Budapest, London, New York, San Francisco, and Hong Kong. Mentoring: Mentor team members to enhance their skills in architecture, standards development, and best practices. Enhancement, debugging, support, maintenance, and testing: Enhance, debug, support, maintain, and test software applications that support the business. Skills And Experience Strong programming skills with 4+ years of experience in Java, Spring Boot Experience on Web service and API protocols (REST) 3-6 years of experience in programming in React, TypeScript Working knowledge of SQL Commitment to write high-quality code Ability to read, write and communicate in English Experience with Agile development methodology Familiar with continuous integration and continuous delivery automation for containerized services Bachelors or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related discipline Strong interest in learning finance Nice to have and opportunities to learn Familiarity with cloud infrastructure solutions Experience in k8s, Azure, Microservices, Spring Cloud Understanding of Microservices design patterns Experience in Redis, Kafka, OAuth2, NoSQL (Cassandra), Snowflake Working financial knowledge and/or previous experience in a financial company

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children's educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress. 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.