What team will you be on?
You will be part of the eFront Provider engineering team, which is part of the wider global eFront technology team responsible for building the software systems used by our clients across the Private Markets industry. We are a Java based team working to create critical systems based a set of loosely coupled microservice. We are closely aligned with our Product Managers and external clients to ensure we are delivering maximum value for our clients. We are proud of our track record of delivery while focussing heavily on software quality, scalability and automation.
Why is your role important?
eFront and Private Markets are a huge growth area for Blackrock and the broader industry. It is a central pillar of our goal to allow more people to experience financial wellbeing. This role is directly connected to that vision and presents a significant opportunity to have a real impact on the way we build and deliver software. You will join a small number of technically strong key individuals and together implement our vision for future-ready, highly available systems. As a large technology organization there are great opportunities for the right individual to make a lasting impression on the team and the potential for wider impact and career progression beyond that.
What will you be doing?
- Working closely with Product Managers and Designers to deliver user-focused features on our new eFront platform.
- Actively participate in the team’s agile delivery process, completing sprint tasks and writing high quality code, unit tests and automated integration tests to move features to production.
- Provide high quality technical input to team discussions on system design, seeing those efforts all the way through to final delivery.
What are we looking for?
- Experience designing and building scalable services using API-First principles using at least one of REST/gPRC.
- Expertise in Java/Spring Framework/Sprint Boot
- Exposure to gRPC, Protobuff, and Kubernetes beneficial
- A real-world practitioner of applying cloud-native design patterns to event-driven microservice architectures.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills with an ability to pick up new concepts quickly.
- Demonstrable experience building modern software using engineering tools such as git, maven, unit testing and integration testing tools, mocking frameworks.
- Curious, friendly, positive and can-do attitude.
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.
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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.
