Description
We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to build reliable scalable technology that helps Blackrock Global Markets meet complex business challenges while working closely with colleagues throughout the business.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partnering with stakeholders to understand requirements;
- Designing, developing, testing, and supporting reliable, highly performant distributed Java-based applications, including real-time streaming with high volume and concurrent workloads;
- Presenting designs to technical reviewers, contributing to reviewing designs/code;
- Improving reliability, observability, and performance;
- Supporting production releases to help team meet SLAs.
The role is within BGM's In-Business technology group in London. We are a community of computer scientists, user experience designers, and data analytics engineers, operating out of San Francisco, London, Hungary and India.
Required Skills and Experience
- Typically 3+ years' development experience ideally in financial services industry with java as primary programming language;
- Collaborative, adaptable and open to different perspectives and ways of working;
- Strong analytical capability and attention to detail;
- Clear communicator with strong interpersonal skills;
- High integrity and alignment with BlackRock's fiduciary culture.
Desirable skills
- Knowledge of AI for code generation & building AI agents;
- Knowledge of Spring, Spring Boot, REST APIs and microservices;
- Experience with enterprise-grade container orchestration platforms supporting declarative infrastructure and horizontal scaling;
- Experience with observability, monitoring, and distributed tracing solutions;
- Experience with DevOps and tools;
- Experience with Streaming technologies;
- Experience with cloud technologies;
- Experience with Agile process.
Our benefits
- Retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future;
- Access to education reimbursement;
- Comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being;
- Family support programs;
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.