Description
About this role
The AI Labs
Since our founding 30 years ago, BlackRock has brought together great minds to drive innovation. From the beginning, we have been leveraging technology for insight and efficiency to make our business better and to help clients realize the objectives they desire. In 2018 BlackRock accelerated innovation and technology again with additional investment in artificial intelligence and data science and all the potential they represent.
The AI Labs was formed to act as a central hub with a firm-wide remit to solve strategic business challenges for the firm by bringing to bear our expertise in machine learning, artificial intelligence, data science and optimization. Our mission is to combine human and machine intelligence to revolutionize asset management.
We are a hybrid research and product team and have a responsibility to drive towards commercial impact in the form of alpha generation, operational efficiencies, and cost reduction. Building on the success of systematic investment teams with a history of leveraging machine learning at BlackRock to create alpha, the goal was to apply these same techniques throughout the business.
Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled senior full stack engineer with a proven track record of leading projects to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in both front-end and back-end development, with a focus on Typescript, React, NextJs, and Python. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality, scalable, and innovative applications that meet the needs of our users.
As a senior full stack engineer, you will lead the design and development of products that are based on proprietary statistics, machine learning, optimization, and AI methods and that are of strategic importance to the firm. You will partner with our product managers, researchers, and stakeholder teams to develop application logic and infrastructure that facilitate the use of our models and analytics within a larger, integrated workflow. This includes implementing the methods being developed by the researchers in production grade code and enabling access via a variety of access patterns (APIs, files, libraries, etc.).
Responsibilities
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Lead the design, development, and deployment of complex software solutions.
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Manage project timelines, resources, and deliverables to ensure successful project completion.
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Build reusable code and libraries for future use, ensuring the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
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Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
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Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features.
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Mentor junior developers, conduct code reviews, and ensure adherence to software development best practices.
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Stay abreast of emerging technologies and propose changes to the existing tech stack as needed.
Qualifications
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A bachelors or master’s in computer science or similar software engineering focused major.
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7+ years of professional experience designing and implementing full stack applications, with a significant portion involving project leadership.
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Proficiency in structuring and styling pages using HTML, CSS, and modern styling technologies such as SCSS, SASS, etc.
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Proficiency in Javascript and Typescript in the context of frontend application engineering.
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Strong understanding of the Javascript, Typescript, and React ecosystem, including React, Redux, NextJS, NPM, Webpack, Babel, etc.
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Proficiency in Python in the contexts of backend application development, automation, and infrastructure development. Knowledge of Python in the context of quantitative computing is a big plus.
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Understanding of testing in the context of software engineering, including unit testing, integration testing, performance testing, etc.
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Background in finance will be looked upon favorably but is not a requirement.
Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: 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; 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.
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 @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, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.
Job requisition #
R241535
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