About this role
About BlackRock:
Are you interested in building innovative technology that crafts the financial markets?
Do you like working at the speed of a startup, and solving some of the world’s most exciting challenges? Do 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 $12 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 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 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!
Being a member of Aladdin Engineering, you will be:
Tenacious: Work in a fast paced and highly complex environment
Creative thinker: Analyze 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.
What You’ll Build:
- Trade Posting Engine – Extend and optimize the core trade posting engine in Aladdin, designing and delivering new capabilities that enhance client workflows while continuously tuning for throughput, latency, and scalability.
- Position Management – Maintain the performance-sensitive lot disposition and position maintenance framework.
- Platform Convergence — Partner with Private Markets, Accounting, and Product teams to help converge Aladdin capabilities, aligning transaction models and workflows as part of BlackRock’s broader Whole Portfolio and IBOR strategy.
- Operational Tooling — Build and maintain diagnostic utilities and Perl-based operational scripts for reconciliation, position lifecycle processing, and regression testing.
Responsibilities include:
- Lead individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables using AGILE methodologies.
- Deliver high throughput, scalable, efficient, highly available, concurrent and fault tolerant software systems.
- Collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment.
- 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.
- Leverage AI‑assisted tools (including LLMs and agentic workflows) to accelerate development, improve code quality, analyze production behavior, and support faster root‑cause analysis, while applying sound engineering judgment, security controls, and human oversight.
- 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.
Qualifications:
- B.S. / M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject area
- 7+ years of proven experience
Skills and Experience:
- Strong foundation in C++ (C++17 or later preferred) with object-oriented design skills and established design patterns.
- Hands-on experience with relational databases (Sybase ASE, Microsoft SQL Server or similar), including writing and tuning stored procedures and managing transactions.
- Experience maintaining and enhancing Order and/or Execution Management Systems, or comparable post-trade and position-management systems.
- Track record building high-quality software with design-focused and test-driven approaches.
- Comfort working in a Linux environment; familiarity with the GCC toolchain and debugging tools (gdb, valgrind, or similar).
- Strong unit, regression, and integration testing practices; experience with code-coverage tooling and static analysis (SonarQube or similar)
- Experience with agentic coding tools and a general understanding of how LLMs are applied to software development workflows.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, software architecture, and communication skills.
- Some experience or a real interest in finance, investment processes, and an ability to translate business problems into technical solutions (FX, Equities, Fixed Income, Futures).
- Experience leading development teams, projects, or being responsible for the design and technical quality of a significant system or component. Ability to form positive relationships with partnering teams, sponsors, and user groups.
Nice to Have & Opportunities to Learn:
- A proven foundation in core Java and related technologies; experience with Spring Framework or Spring Boot is a plus for cross-functional work with adjacent platform services.
- Experience with CMake-based build systems and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or similar).
- Experience with message-oriented streaming middleware (Kafka, AMPS, MQ, or similar).
- Familiarity with Perl scripting for test automation and operational tooling.
- Expertise in SQL and/or NoSQL technologies (MS SQL, Sybase, Cassandra, or Redis).
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and cloud deployment tools (Docker, Ansible, Terraform).
- Exposure to DevOps practices and tools such as Azure DevOps.
- Experience with Prompt Engineering and Agentic AI development patterns.
- Experience with optimization, algorithms, or related quantitative processes.
For NY7 - 50 Hudson Yards, New York Only the salary range for this position is USD$162,000.00 - USD$215,000.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.
For Princeton, NJ Only the salary range for this position is USD$148,000.00 - USD$200,000.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.
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.
Our hybrid work model
BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.