AI Accelerated Trading Application Engineer - Aladdin Trader, Vice President

Blackrock

Hybrid Actively hiring
New York, NY Posted 27 days ago $162,000–$215,000 / year
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TL;DR

Join BlackRock's Aladdin Engineering team as a senior software engineer where you will design and implement AI-driven automation across the software development lifecycle, including coding, testing, code review, and release validation. You will establish agentic development environments to continuously improve AI output quality and act as a technical force multiplier by helping teams safely scale AI use in a regulated environment. Your day-to-day involves delivering high-throughput, scalable systems, collaborating with multi-office teams, and contributing to the global trading platform's roadmap. Required skills include experience with Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Kafka, and NoSQL databases, as well as expertise in concurrent programming and distributed system design. Ideal candidates have a background in finance or investment processes and can translate business problems into technical solutions using modern AI tools and practices.

Skills

Java Spring Spring Boot Hibernate Kafka Docker Kubernetes Terraform Maven Git REST gRPC Python Cassandra Redis MongoDB Zookeeper Azure AWS GCP React Angular Vue.js CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Design and implement AI-driven automation across the software development lifecycle.
  • Establish and evolve agentic development environments for continuous improvement of AI output quality.
  • Deliver high-throughput, scalable, concurrent, and fault-tolerant software systems.
  • Apply validated quality software engineering practices through all phases of development.
  • Ensure resilience and stability through rigorous testing and production support.

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Hands-on experience with modern AI-assisted development tools and platforms
  • Strong foundation in Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and design patterns
  • Proven track record of building high-quality, test-driven software systems
  • Deep understanding of concurrent programming and distributed system design
  • Experience designing and operating resilient microservices architectures
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams globally

Market check

Salary context

This $162,000–$215,000 range sits above 52% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$156,100–$215,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$153,977–$225,625

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Blackrock

BlackRock is the world''s largest asset management firm, providing investment management, risk management, and advisory services to institutional and retail clients through its Aladdin technology platform. Industry: Asset Management & Financial Services

Blackrock currently has 104 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $140,000–$195,000 across 101 roles with salary data.

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