Data Ops Full Stack Front End Developer

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About this role

BlackRock Company Overview:

BlackRock is a leader in investment management, risk management and advisory services for institutional and retail clients worldwide. As of Q4 2020, BlackRock's AUM was $7.81 trillion. BlackRock helps clients meet their goals and overcome challenges with a range of products that include separate accounts, mutual funds, iShares® (exchange-traded funds), and other pooled investment vehicles. BlackRock also offers risk management, advisory and enterprise investment system services to a broad base of institutional investors through BlackRock Solutions®. Headquartered in New York City, as of 11th Jan 2021, the firm had approximately 16,000 employees in offices across 35 countries and a major presence in key global markets, including North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East and Africa.

DataOps Engineering (DOE)

When BlackRock was started in 1988, its founders envisioned a company that combined the best of financial services with powered by technology. BlackRock has become a FinTech platform in the years since - for investment management and technology services for thousands of users around the world. Data is at the core of the Aladdin platform and our ability to consume, store, analyze and gain insight from data is a key component of our competitive advantage.

The DataOps Engineering team builds and maintains a cutting-edge data platform that provides quality data to all users such as investors, operations staff, data scientists, Aladdin applications and engineers. Our goal is to provide highly available, consistent data of the highest quality to our clients, while evolving our platform to deliver exponential scale to the firm and powering the future growth of Aladdin. We engineer high performance data pipelines, provide a fabric to discover and consume data and continually evolve our data storage capabilities.

Workflow and Front-end Engineering

Our Front-end team within DataOps Engineering builds web and Java applications across our market data and portfolio analytics pipelines and workflows. We enable over a thousand internal users supporting data operations as well as users at hundreds of clients. The team is responsible for the data management toolkit including ETL pipeline configuration tools, CRUD applications for core data maintenance, data quality inspection tools, customized client request workflows, and back-end APIs to support Aladdin. The key mission for the team is to enable

operations teams to deliver high quality data at scale with intuitive tools and a great UX.

Job Description and Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain various front-end and corresponding back-end platform components, working with Product and Program Managers• Implement new user interfaces and business functionalities to meet evolving business and customer requirements, working with end users, with corresponding clear and concise documentation• Analyze and improve performance of applications and related operational workflows to improve efficiency and throughput• Diagnose, research and resolve software defects• Ensure software stability via documentation, code reviews, regression, unit and user acceptance testing for smooth production operations• Oversee level 2&3 application support ensuring smooth operation of existing processes, and new business opportunities are being met• Be a self-starter and work with minimal direction in a globally distributed team

Role Essentials: • A passion for engineering highly available, performant full stack applications with a "Student of Markets and Technology" attitude• 2+ years of professional experience working in teams• Bachelor's / Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering or a related field• Experience in full-stack user-facing application development using web technologies (Angular 2+ ecosystem), Java Swing, and Java based REST API (Spring framework)• Experience in testing frameworks such as Protractor, TestCafe, Jest• Experience crafting wireframes for prototyping UX• Experience in financial services is desirable (investment banking/asset management)• Knowledge in relational database development and at least one NoSQL Database (e.g. Apache Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.)• Object Oriented Analysis and Design with Design Patterns expertise is a must• Prior experience in supporting Java servers, web apps, Swing applications is an added advantage• Knowledge of software development methodologies (analysis, design, development, testing) and basic understanding of Agile / Scrum methodology and practices• Dev Ops with Azure Dev OPS or equivalent git based SDLC practices is helpful• Passion to work in a team-environment, multi-tasking and effective communication skills are a must• Flexibility and ability to adapt to other technologies such as Python• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and debugging skills

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M/F/D/V

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

About BlackRock

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.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit careers.blackrock.com | www.blackrock.com/corporate | Instagram: @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.

Vacancy expired!

ID	#15406392
State	Delaware
City	Wilmington
Job type	Permanent
Salary	USD TBD TBD
Source	BlackRock
Showed	2021-06-13
Date	2021-06-08
Deadline	2021-08-07
Category	Architect/engineer/CAD
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Data Ops Full Stack Front End Developer - Associate