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BlackRock SRE Developer, Aladdin Financial Engineering, Analyst in Budapest, Hungary
About this role
Are you interested in building innovative technology that crafts financial markets? Do you like working at the speed of a startup but want to tackle some of the world’s most sophisticated problems, and learn from, hands-on leaders in technology and finance?
BlackRock is one of the world’s preeminent asset management firms and an outstanding provider of global investment management, risk management, and advisory services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors around the world. BlackRock’s mission is to build a better financial future for our clients. We have a responsibility to be the voice of the investor, and we represent each client fairly and equally. Constant communication with a diverse team of partners strengthens us and delivers better results. Continuous innovation helps us bring out the best in BlackRock.
BlackRock offers a range of solutions — from meticulous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches sought at improving outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies crafted to gain broad exposure to the world’s capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs!
Job Purpose/Background:
The Aladdin Financial Engineering (AFE) is responsible for the research and development of financial models underpinning the risk management analytics produced at BlackRock. The group also contributes to the development of infrastructure and applications responsible for producing analytics and the delivery of analytic content to risk management professionals. If any of this excites you, we are looking to expand our team. We are rebuilding our Analytics and Modeling Technology platform, and this is the best time to join the team if you want to influence architecture, and cloud strategy, and transform the way we deliver Analytics to our clients!
AFE looking for a self-starter SRE developer who can work out of the Budapest BlackRock office with other quant and application developers in the team.
About the role:
As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will work closely with the core Aladdin product development Team, acting as the execution arm and point of contact for the centralized SRE team.
Improve Engineering culture by encouraging continuous focus on reliability across the entire application lifecycle.
Proactive participant in architectural and design decisions
Lead ongoing deployment reviews to ensure software meets production standards.
Design and implement end-to-end monitoring solutions for Application and Infrastructure components, based on groundbreaking SLO-based telemetry tools.
Establish automated test pipelines to promote application stability and reliability.
Drive the engineering of capacity management and demand forecasting solutions.
Act as a culture carrier and leader, passing on SRE knowledge and standard processes to the DEV team.
Drive detailed root cause investigations for production incidents with a rigorous focus on issue avoidance.
Build/coordinate retros for significant incidents.
Additional core engineering functions, such as:
Codebase contributions. For example, adding custom Telemetry metrics.
Build pipeline optimizations.
Anticipate new opportunities to continuously evolve the resiliency profile of scoped Applications and Infrastructure
About you:
B.S. / M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related team with 3- 5 years of experience
Experience with solving performance issues
A passion for providing engineering support for highly available, performant full-stack applications with a “Student of Technology” attitude.
Experience with relational databases and NoSQL Database (e.g.: Redis, Apache Cassandra)
Exposure to cloud ecosystems such as Azure or AWS
Experience with CI/CD practices
Passion to work in a team environment, multitasking, and effective communication skills.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills
Demonstrated ability to build positive relationships.
Self-motivated
Knowledge of software development methodologies (analysis, design, development, testing) and basic understanding of Agile / Scrum methodology and practices
Good hands-on object-oriented programming experience in Java, including proficiency in object-oriented principles and design patterns.
Good to Have:
Understanding of Agile work environments, including knowledge of GIT, CI/CD, and one scripting language like Perl, Python, etc.
Experience with automated configuration management tools
Experience with cloud native deployments (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.) as well as surrounding ecosystems.
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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 (http://careers.blackrock.com/) | Twitter: @blackrock (https://twitter.com/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.