Associate Frontend Software Engineer (React)

Blackrock

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Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$120,000–$148,000 / yr
Posted
80 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Sep 26, 2026

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $188k
This role $134k
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This role pays less than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $153,403–$222,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $134k versus about $188k for comparable roles.

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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 33 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $162,000–$215,000 across 31 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Associate Frontend Software Engineer (React)

As an Associate, Frontend Software Engineer (React), you will join a product-driven engineering team to build and enhance an internal platform supporting operations, sales, and portfolio management workflows. You will design and build complex, workflow-driven user interfaces that help investment professionals analyze data and manage strategies. Your daily responsibilities include driving performance optimization, maintaining architectural consistency, and contributing to engineering improvements like CI/CD and automated testing. The role requires expert proficiency in TypeScript and React to develop large-scale, production-grade applications. You will utilize tools such as git, mocking frameworks, and integration testing while managing state and distilling real-time data into actionable experiences. The work focuses on solving business-critical problems within the financial services domain, specifically creating high-quality software for investment management systems where technical precision is essential to support complex financial workflows.

What you'll do

  • Design and build complex, workflow-driven user interfaces using TypeScript and React.
  • Drive performance optimization, maintainability, and architectural consistency across internal applications.
  • Improve engineering workflows including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and best practices.
  • Translate complex, real-time data into intuitive and actionable user experiences for investment professionals.
  • Take ownership of SaaS product components, including production monitoring and incident resolution.
  • Develop high-quality software using test-driven development and modern engineering tools like Git.
  • Build and maintain tooling for TypeScript projects, such as build systems and testing frameworks.

What we're looking for

  • Strong expertise in TypeScript and React is required.
  • Experience building and maintaining tooling for TypeScript projects including build systems and testing frameworks.
  • Experience building large-scale, production-grade front-end applications.
  • Deep understanding of UI architecture, state management, and performance optimization.
  • UX expertise in designing intuitive applications that distill complex, real-time data into actionable experiences.
  • Demonstrable experience using engineering tools such as git, unit testing, integration testing, and mocking frameworks.
  • Ability to write well-tested code using design-focused and test-driven approaches.
  • Familiarity with Visual Regression Testing, RxJS, REST APIs, WebSockets, or financial markets (preferred).

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