Associate Software Engineer

Blackrock

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$120,000–$148,000 / yr
Posted
17 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Dec 20, 2026

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $169k
This role $134k
$110k most similar roles pay here $213k

This role pays less than 75% of similar roles. Most pay $134,275–$203,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $134k versus about $169k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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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At a glance

TL;DR · Associate Software Engineer

Associate, Software Engineer - SMA Solutions joins the SMA Solutions team to build, enhance, and support a wide variety of micro-services for a technology platform focused on financial portfolio construction, data integrations, and real-time operational workflows. The role involves developing backend services, managing data processing pipelines, and ensuring platform capabilities meet business needs with validated quality. Key responsibilities include working with orchestration, data modeling, APIs, storage, distribution, and distributed computation. Required technical skills include Python or C#, SQL with MySQL, and experience with Docker/containers. Candidates should possess expertise in AWS (Lambda, ECS/EKS, SQS/SNS, API Gateway, RDS, CloudFormation, or Terraform), Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code. Additional tools like Pandas and NumPy are utilized for data-heavy applications. The work addresses complex problems in portfolio management, including trading workflows for options, derivatives, equities, bonds, fixed income, and capital markets.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Illinois?

Median $192050 from 100 postings across 26 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build, enhance, and support microservices for financial portfolio construction and data integration.
  • Develop and maintain backend services and APIs to connect diverse systems.
  • Create and manage data processing pipelines for high-volume financial information.
  • Implement cloud-native or serverless applications using AWS infrastructure.
  • Manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Automate infrastructure deployment using tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
  • Develop real-time operational workflows to meet specific business requirements.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot production systems to ensure high quality and reliability.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, STEM, or similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2-5 years of professional software development experience.
  • Strong Python or C# experience.
  • Experience building and supporting production applications, services, or APIs.
  • Strong SQL and relational database experience (MySQL preferred).
  • Hands-on cloud experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP (AWS strongly preferred).
  • Docker/Containers experience including building, packaging, and deploying containerized applications.
  • Experience with standard software development practices such as Git, CI/CD, testing, and troubleshooting (preferred).

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