Senior Backend Engineer - Python

Blackrock

Hybrid Actively hiring

Princeton, US Posted 45 days ago $120,000–$148,000 / year

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At a glance

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TL;DR

This senior software engineer role within the active portfolio management team focuses on developing technical solutions for trading and implementing high-volume retail and institutional portfolios. The candidate will design and deploy sophisticated algorithms to manage and rebalance SMAs, ensuring optimal performance while collaborating with various teams. Responsibilities include automating manual tasks, designing advanced data handling techniques using relational databases and APIs, evaluating emerging technologies, leading process improvement initiatives, mentoring junior team members, and writing maintainable code. Ideal candidates have 5-6 years of experience in financial services, strong programming skills in Python or similar languages like Java or Scala, knowledge of Kubernetes for deploying software components, and solid communication and attention to detail skills.

Skills

Python Java Scala Kubernetes SQL APIs CI/CD Docker Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL AWS Git Jenkins

What you'll do

Develop and deploy algorithms for efficient management of retail and institutional portfolios.
Design advanced data handling techniques using relational databases and APIs for seamless integration.
Evaluate emerging technologies to support innovation in investment management processes.
Lead projects focused on process improvement across equity, multi-asset, and fixed income SMA portfolios.
Write maintainable code that is easily understood by other team members.

What we're looking for

5-6 years of experience in financial services engineering or technology roles
Strong programming skills in Python, Java, Scala, or similar languages
Solid knowledge of algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and paradigms
Familiarity with relational databases, SQL, and Kubernetes for containerized workloads
Ability to develop and deploy sophisticated trading algorithms for portfolio management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for collaboration with diverse teams

Market check

Salary context

This $120,000–$148,000 range sits above 3% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$132,500–$222,480

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$144,875–$217,725

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 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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