BlackRock · 11 hours ago
Associate, Application Engineer III
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
3+ years expBlackRock Corporation is a leading investment management firm dedicated to helping people achieve financial well-being. The Associate, Application Engineer III role involves designing and developing high-performance software solutions for the ETF Order Fulfillment team, contributing to the full software development lifecycle and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance ETF operations and integrate AI solutions.
Asset ManagementCrowdfundingFinancial ServicesFinTechReal Estate Investment
Responsibilities
Design and develop scalable, high-performance software solutions that power critical workflows in the ETF Order Fulfillment team
Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, from conceptual design to deployment and production support, for applications that collectively manage trillions in assets and touch millions of financial instruments worldwide
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build and evolve strategic products that support ETF operations, post-trade investment lifecycles, and accounting processes
Develop resilient, concurrent, and fault-tolerant applications using modern tech stacks including the latest in Java, SpringBoot, Python, Angular, Node.js, Cassandra, and gRPC, while integrating with cloud-native services in Azure
Pioneer integration of large language model AI solutions into the team’s workflow to massively boost productivity - implementing them in a way that is both innovative and enterprise-level safe
Champion best practices in software engineering, including test-driven development, CI/CD automation using Azure DevOps, and rigorous peer and AI-driven code reviews to ensure production-grade stability and quality
Conceive innovative ideas to optimize system performance, enhance usability, and future-proof core infrastructure
Steer key initiatives to adopt microservices, reduce market frictions through API-first design, boost productivity through safe but cutting-edge AI-integration, and improve transparency across workflows, especially ETF primary market workflows
Serve as a bridge between technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating complex requirements into tangible solutions that meet both business objectives and long-term technical goals
Provide ongoing production support and lead post-mortem analyses, ensuring operational excellence and continuous improvement across platforms
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
three (3) years of experience as an Associate, Software Engineer or related
three (3) years of experience with Java, Python, Spring, Hibernate, Maven, Splunk, Apache Ignite, and Protocol buffer
Software development lifecycle (SDLC) including requirements gathering, application design, system development, testing, implementation and production support
Mastery of iterative design and agile software development patterns
Cassandra, Sybase, and MS-SQL Server
Infrastructure management through Unix
two (2) years of experience with Artificial Intelligence Tools and Applications including API : Azure DevOps REST APIs, Surface API, GPT 4o, Claude 3 and 3.5 Sonnet, Hugging Face
Jupyter notebook, Pycharm, IntelliJ
Digital Asset expertise including blockchain and cryptocurrencies relating to financial products
Benefits
Annual discretionary bonus
Healthcare
Leave benefits
Retirement benefits
Strong retirement plan
Tuition reimbursement
Comprehensive healthcare
Support for working parents
Flexible Time Off (FTO)
Company
BlackRock
BlackRock is an investment company that offers its services to institutions, intermediaries, foundations, and individual investors.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.59BKey Investors
Ariel Yehezkel
2025-06-20Post Ipo Equity· $0.02M
2025-03-27Post Ipo Debt· $1.08B
2024-07-17Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
Leadership Team
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Vice President & Legal Counsel
Mike Strug
Vice President
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