Description About this role

BlackRock is one of the world’s pre-eminent asset management firms and a world-class provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary and individual investors around the world. BlackRock offers a range of solutions — from fundamental and quantitative active management approaches sought to maximize performance, to highly efficient indexing strategies crafted to gain broad exposure to capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs.

The BlackRock Index Services team builds BlackRock Indices used by BlackRock Products, maximizing investment ideas across the company to deliver cost savings and keep intellectual property in house. This team is on the groundbreaking of new product creation, implementing investment strategies from Smart Beta and Factors to Sustainable Investing and ESG.

As a Software Engineer in BlackRock Index Services, you will support a growing area in a multifaceted and ambitious environment. Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Platform Engineering. Participate in the design of the target platform. Coordinate its implementation with the broader team. Extensive hands-on coding to build out the platform
• Production Engineering. In partnership with the production team, review, optimize and automate existing processes to achieve maximum output quality and scale.
• Product Engineering. Closely work with the Self-Indexing Research team to help optimize the machinery used to build universes and indices.
• Evangelize and implement SDLC best practices within the Self-Indexing team
• Establish and maintain partnerships with other technology teams within the firm to insure (1) that BIS efficiently use central services and (2) that the choices made for its platform are compatible with the firm’s strategic technology choices.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit careers.blackrock.com | www.blackrock.com/corporate | Instagram: @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.