Associate Python Engineer

Blackrock

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Wilmington, DE
Salary
$115,000–$130,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
8 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Jan 18, 2027

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Below market

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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 26 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $155,000–$200,000 across 25 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Associate Python Engineer

The Python Engineer, Associate - BlackRock Index Services joins the BlackRock Index Services team to support the design, development, and administration of fixed income, equity, and multi-asset class indices. In this role, you will contribute to the next-generation platform for index calculation, simulation, and delivery by building scalable, resilient enterprise software. You will design, test, and support components while automating development, testing, and production operations. Key technologies include Python with pandas, NumPy, SciPy, and CVXPY, alongside relational and non-relational databases, ETL solutions, and object-relational mapping. You will also work with APIs, cloud-native applications, container orchestration, and event-streaming technologies. The work involves solving complex problems within the index ecosystem, specifically focusing on high-quality, accurate index delivery for internal and external clients.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, test, and support enterprise software for index calculation and delivery platforms.
  • Translate high-level architecture into component designs and high-quality software solutions.
  • Automate development, testing, deployment, and production operations to modernize existing code.
  • Build scalable and resilient cloud-native applications using web services and container orchestration.
  • Perform supporting analyses and provide technical solutions to client questions.
  • Develop and maintain data integration and ETL solutions using relational and non-relational databases.
  • Utilize Python libraries like pandas and NumPy to build numerical and statistical tools.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's or master's degree in a STEM discipline, or equivalent.
  • Demonstrated enterprise software development experience.
  • Strong Python skills, including multithreading and networking frameworks.
  • Experience with numerical, statistical, or machine-learning libraries such as pandas, NumPy, SciPy, and CVXPY.
  • Experience with relational and non-relational databases, data integration, ETL solutions, and object-relational mapping.
  • Experience developing APIs and cloud-native applications using web services, container orchestration, and event-streaming technologies.
  • Strong software-engineering foundations in data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design patterns, and Unix/Linux environments.
  • Knowledge of equity, fixed income, and real estate investment, trading, or index ecosystems (preferred); experience with Aladdin (plus).

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