Quick summary
- Work type
- Hybrid
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
- Salary
- $135,000–$148,000 / yr
- Posted
- 1 day ago
- Nearby
- 99+ roles within 25 mi
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Salary context
How this pay compares to similar roles
This role pays more than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $107,500–$170,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $142k versus about $139k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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 88 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $148,000–$192,500 across 84 roles with salary data.
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At a glance
TL;DR · Associate
As an Associate on the Aladdin global trading platform team, you will collaborate with multi-office, multi-country colleagues to architect and drive development of new features for a high-impact financial technology solution. Your day-to-day responsibilities include identifying technical issues, resolving blockers, optimizing processes, and ensuring software quality through rigorous testing practices such as unit tests and code reviews. You will oversee testing strategies, automate performance testing, and provide level two production support while conducting post-mortem analysis to enhance system resilience and stability. The role requires expertise in Python with a focus on object-oriented design patterns, concurrent programming, and experience with distributed systems using technologies like Kafka, Redis, and Cassandra. Additionally, you must have knowledge of building microservices and APIs, as well as familiarity with financial industry standards and quantitative processes.
Skills
What you'll do
- Architect and drive development of new platform features for Aladdin’s trading platform.
- Identify technical issues, roadblocks, and escalate them to senior engineers proactively.
- Oversee testing strategy, including automation and performance testing, to ensure quality.
- Provide level two production support, manage incidents, and conduct post-mortem analysis.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, onboarding materials, and training resources.
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 4 years of experience with Python and object-oriented design patterns.
- Experience building high throughput, fault-tolerant distributed applications.
- Proficiency in git, unit testing, integration testing, and mocking frameworks.
- Two years working with message brokers like Kafka and high-scale distributed tech.
- Expertise in building microservices and APIs using REST, Kafka, or gRPC.
- Financial industry experience and knowledge of relational databases.
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