48 application engineer jobs found

About this role You will be working on BlackRock's investment operating system, Aladdin . Aladdin is used both internally within BlackRock and externally by many financial institutions. It combines sophisticated risk analytics with comprehensive portfolio management, trading, and operations tools on a single platform. Aladdin supports informed decision‑making and connects thousands of users investing worldwide. Our development teams sit within the Aladdin Engineering group. Together, we build technology that changes how information, people, and technology come together for global investment firms. We build and deliver tools that manage trillions of dollars in assets and support millions of financial instruments. Every day, we perform risk calculations and process millions of transactions for thousands of users globally. What It Means to Be Part of Aladdin Engineering As a member of Aladdin Engineering, you will be: Tenacious - Comfortable working in a fast‑paced and...

About this role Role Brief: Are you interested in building AI systems that fundamentally transform how software is engineered in a global financial institution? Do you like working at the speed of a startup while solving highly sophisticated, enterprise-scale problems in a highly complex environment? At BlackRock, we are seeking a VP of AI Platform Engineering to lead the design and delivery of enterprise AI capabilities that power technologist enablement, and next-generation platform services. This leader will combine deep technical expertise in modern AI systems with strong engineering execution and organizational leadership. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your unique skills, curiosity, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual. With over USD $11 trillion of assets we have an exceptional responsibility, our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a...

About this role About the team: Aladdin Wealth Technology (AWT) builds technology for wealth management, helping wealth managers and financial advisors deliver personalized portfolio experiences and improve client engagement. This role sits within the team supporting My Managed Accounts (MMA), a platform that enables advisors and internal users to view, manage, enroll, and service accounts. You will work on backend services, integrations, and workflow capabilities that support scalable user experiences. As a member of the team, you are expected to be: Tenacious : Thrive in a fast-paced, highly complex environment. A creative thinker : Evaluate multiple solutions and apply technologies flexibly, including leveraging AI where it adds value. A great teammate : Collaborate effectively and communicate clearly across teams. A fast learner : Quickly grasp new concepts, especially in the rapidly evolving AI landscape, and apply them effectively. AI-minded and...

About this role Company: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Job Title: Associate, Application Engineer Location: 400 Howard St San Francisco, CA 94105 Job Duties: Deliver high efficiency, high availability, concurrent and fault tolerant software and technology systems. Significantly contribute to development of Aladdin's global, multi-asset trading platform. Design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues and roadblocks. Apply validated quality software engineering practices through all phases of development. Be a leader with vision and a partner in brainstorming solutions for team productivity, efficiency, guiding and motivating others. Drive a strong culture by bringing principles of inclusion and diversity to the team and setting the tone through specific recruiting, management actions and employee engagement. Collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science,...

About this role About the role BlackRock's Post Trade & Accounting group is seeking an associate engineer leader to advance our enterprise Client Reporting platform. In this role, you will develop scalable services and modern applications that support the full lifecycle of reporting production, distribution, and client access. You will work on high-volume, mission-critical systems where accuracy, performance, resiliency, and operational scale are essential-contributing to a platform that directly shapes client experience, automation, and innovation across institutional and Aladdin clients. About the Team The Client Reporting team delivers and manages BlackRock's enterprise Client Reporting platform, providing end-to-end reporting solutions for a diverse global base of accounting and institutional clients. We oversee the full lifecycle of report production and distribution-ensuring quality, scalability, and operational excellence through advanced QC workflows, exception...

About this role About the Role Technology is the foundation of BlackRock's business. As an Application Engineer (Java Back-End) , you will design and build resilient, enterprise-scale systems that support BlackRock's global post-trade operations. You will focus on delivering high-quality software with an emphasis on reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices . This role is well suited for engineers who enjoy solving complex technical problems, working on business‑critical platforms, and continuously improving how large-scale systems are designed and built. About the Team - Post Trade Accounting Post Trade Accounting is a core engineering area within Aladdin and a significant investment for BlackRock. Builds and maintains systems that ensure accurate, scalable, and efficient accounting across global operations Expanding into data analytics and real-time data pipelines using Snowflake, Redis, and Kafka Works closely with Product,...

About this role Responsibilities: • Configure and maintain servers and applications. Install and configure software and systems. • Apply operating system and application updates and patches. Maintain backups of key systems, design and test crucial system redundancy. • Perform audits of key systems for health and security assurance. • Document deployment, maintenance, and recovery procedures. • Integrate strong access controls and adhere to best security practices. • Identify tasks suitable for automation and create supporting scripts. • Monitor and predict resource usage for capacity planning. • Engage in research and development to enhance system performance and capabilities. • In critical situations, provide off-hour support to maintain system operability. Qualifications: • 6 or more years of relevant work experience. • Working knowledge of Windows Servers, Linux Servers, and virtual machine management. • Familiar with networking...

About this role About Aladdin Data and the Next Generation Security Master Platform Data drives Aladdin's differentiation, with the Aladdin Data (AD) organization managing BlackRock's data ecosystem. AD operates the Aladdin Enterprise Data Platform (EDP), which is the foundational framework that delivers high-quality, consistent data throughout the organization. Security Master, a business domain within AD, manages the lifecycle of all tradable instruments (securities), including stocks, bonds, digital assets, private assets and many more. To address emerging business opportunities, we are launching a multi-year initiative to build the Next Generation Security Master platform, fundamentally transforming how instrument data is managed and distributed across Aladdin. The new platform will provide managed and self-service capabilities, creating new commercial opportunities. Key features include: Sophisticated GUIs for both managed and self-service instrument...

About this role Are you interested in building innovative technology that helps power the financial markets? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and solving meaningful technical challenges? Do you want to work with and learn from experienced leaders in technology and finance? At BlackRock, we are looking for Software Engineers who are curious, collaborative, and excited to build high-quality solutions. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and we value your skills, curiosity, and passion while giving you the opportunity to continue growing technically and professionally. We invest and protect over $9 trillion (USD) of assets and have an extraordinary responsibility to our clients all over the world. Our technology helps millions of investors save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home, and improve their financial well-being. Being a technologist at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds: working for one of the world's leading financial...

About this role At BlackRock, technology is the foundation of our business. As a VP, Java Back-End Engineer, you'll lead by example - architecting, coding, and mentoring teams to build resilient systems that power our global post-trade operations. You'll design and deliver enterprise-scale software with a focus on reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices. This role is ideal for a technical leader who enjoys staying close to the code, guiding design decisions, and solving complex data challenges - all while fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. About Post Trade Accounting (PTA) A major strategic area within Aladdin and one of BlackRock's largest engineering investments. Responsible for the systems that ensure accurate, scalable, and efficient accounting across global operations. Expanding into data analytics and pipeline initiatives using Snowflake, Redis, and Kafka to manage high-volume, real-time data. Collaborates closely with...

About this role The Aladdin Product Group develops and supports every facet of BlackRock's information system's needs. Our global teams perform a wide variety of activities, from maintaining system stability to growing the features and functionality of our state-of-the-art trading and asset management platform, Aladdin. The breath of our responsibilities calls for a diverse range of expertise. Team Overview The Aladdin Product Group, Post Trade Applications team provides technology solutions to support investment accounting, performance measurement, cash, asset reconciliation, Derivatives & Client Reporting. The team is responsible for a suite of applications including performance calculation engines, client and ad hoc reporting systems, reconciliation and data publication tools. Job Purpose Build Out Commercial Capabilities for Client Reporting Production on Aladdin Responsibilities include : 80% development of strategic systems around the Client Reporting...

About this role About BlackRock: Are you interested in building innovative technology that crafts the financial markets? Do you like working at the speed of a startup, and solving some of the world's most exciting challenges? Do you want to work with, and learn from, hands-on leaders in technology and finance? At BlackRock, we are looking for software engineers who like to innovate and solve sophisticated problems. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your outstanding skills, curiosity, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual. We invest and protect over $14 trillion (USD) of assets and have an extraordinary responsibility to our clients all over the world. Our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home, and improve their financial well-being. Being a technologist at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds: working for one of the most...

About this role Company: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Job Title: Associate, Software Engineer, Applications Location: 400 Howard St San Francisco, CA 94105 Job Duties: Analyze the end-to-end client and investment management lifecycle-including client contracting and onboarding, portfolio management, trading, compliance, trade settlement, operational workflows, and reporting platforms-to design scalable and effective technology solutions. Evaluate and incorporate domain-specific processes such as SecLending workflows, derivatives processing, and collateral management operations to mitigate the counterparty exposure and to ensure system accuracy, resiliency, and alignment with business requirements. Support all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, application design, system development, testing, implementation, and production support. Develop comprehensive technical design documents detailing the proposed solution architecture,...

About this role About BlackRock BlackRock is one of the world's preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors around the world. BlackRock offers a range of solutions - from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed 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. Team Overview This role requires strong hands‑on experience with Linux operating systems, modern server technologies, and cloud platforms. A foundational understanding of hardware interoperability and application software is beneficial....

About this role About Global Fixed Income Team BlackRock's active fixed income portfolio strategies stretch across a range of investment styles and segments of the fixed income universe. The breadth and depth of our platform puts us in a strong position to potentially deliver attractive returns in various market environments. With a focus on alpha generation and risk management, the team uses a top-down view from lead portfolio managers and bottom-up expertise from our sector specialists. Key Responsibilities Lead the design, development, and optimisation of scalable data pipelines and data platforms for structured and unstructured data Own end-to-end data engineering solutions, including ingestion, transformation, orchestration, storage, and serving layers for analytics and AI use cases Architect robust data models, pipeline frameworks, and reusable components that improve reliability, scalability, and maintainability Drive best practices for data engineering,...

About this role At BlackRock, technology is the foundation of our business. As an ASO, DevOps & Application Support, you will lead the reliability, automation, and production stability of mission‑critical enterprise-scale software. This role is ideal for engineers who like to innovate and solve complex challenges while fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. About Post Trade Accounting (PTA) A major strategic area within Aladdin and one of BlackRock's largest engineering investments. Responsible for the systems that ensure accurate, scalable, and efficient accounting across global operations. Expanding into data analytics and pipeline initiatives using Snowflake, Redis, and distributed event streaming and messaging platforms to manage high-volume, real-time data. Collaborates closely with Product, Operations, and other Engineering teams to deliver business-critical capabilities. Agile and collaborative environment that values technical depth, quality,...

About this role Access and Identity Management team sits in the Global Information Security group whose mission is to evaluate, establish, maintain information security controls that protect the company's information and computer systems. The Cloud Identity & Access Management (IAM) Cloud Associate role is a technical position which will support IAM functions in Microsoft Azure and AWS environment(s). This includes creating and granting access to new users, non-human accounts while crafting and maintaining roles permissions and entitlements for various businesses/departments in BlackRock. In addition to performing user access management activities this role also requires proactive governance of all cloud environment(s) that includes reviewing stale access, handling secret rotations, reducing over-privileged access etc. Primary Duties & Responsibilities: Drive continuous improvement within the IAM security architecture by introducing and implementing emerging...

About this role Team Overview BlackRock SMA Solutions helps clients customize portfolios for unique tax, values-alignment, or investment exposures across direct indexing, fixed income, active equity, and multi-asset. We deliver world-class service to all of our clients, from wealth advisors to family offices to endowments and foundations. About this Role: At BlackRock SMA Solutions we are obsessed with our clients: we put them front and central to everything we do. The focus of this role is to contribute to the BlackRock codebase, collaborate with users to identify their needs, and help them to be more efficient. Our platform is called Arya and is based on a microservices architecture with our web application as the interface with users. The web application is built using React and our microservices are written in Python. Therefore, you can expect a lot of Python and Typescript programming. We practice agile software development and work in two-week sprints. This role will...

About this role Technology & Operations BlackRock is one of the world's preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors around the world. BlackRock offers a range of solutions - from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed 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. Team Overview This person will be a member of a global Platform Services team that handles core Infrastructure Services for the firm. The Windows Server Team is responsible for the support and maintenance of the firm's...

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 solve some of the world's most sophisticated problems? Do you want to work with, and learn from, hands-on leaders in technology and finance? At BlackRock, we are looking for Software Engineers who like to innovate and solve sophisticated problems. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your unique skills, curiosity, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual. We invest and protect over $7 trillion (USD) of assets and have an extraordinary responsibility to our clients all over the world. Our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home and improve their financial well-being. Being a technologist at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds: working for one of the most sophisticated financial...