Associate, Full Stack Engineer - SMA Solutions

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Associate Engineer - Black Rock SMA Solutions

About Black Rock SMA Solutions:

At Black Rock SMA Solutions, our strategies are designed to put our clients' and their clients' interests at the center of our investment advice; to minimize costs and taxes; and to incorporate each client's unique values-aligned preferences into their investment portfolio. We are a purposefully growing quantitative, multi-asset investment management business specializing in managing customized portfolios tax efficiently.

Technology is central to the success of the SMA business: on a daily basis our technology platform loads portfolio data; we raise and execute orders on our clients' behalf; we gather security, index, and other essential reference data; we produce rich analytics to highlight risks; and we enable a strong investment research capability.

We are looking for talented and passionate engineers who like to innovate and seek complex problems. We recognize that strength comes from teams with a variety of perspectives, and will embrace your unique skills, curiosity, drive, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual. We are committed to open source and we regularly give our work back to the community.

Engineers looking to work in the areas of orchestration, data modeling, data pipelines, APIs, storage, distribution, distributed computation, consumption and infrastructure are ideal candidates.

About this Role:

We are expanding our team of engineers that owns and operates this extensive technology platform. As a member of this team, you will build, enhance, and support a wide variety of micro-services that enable financial portfolio construction, data integrations to connect diverse systems, and real-time operational workflows. You will work with your team and your stakeholders to ensure that platform capabilities address business needs in a complete and timely manner, with validated quality.

Requirements:

• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• At least 5+ years of experience as an engineer with large scale systems, preferably in an investment management or trading environment
• Solid knowledge of programming fundamentals-algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and paradigms
• Strong knowledge of one or more modern object-oriented languages (Python, Java, Go, etc.)
• Experience with web development and front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, or similar)
• Solid knowledge of SQL and relationship databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Sybase, etc.)
• Knowledge of API design approaches (RESTful, GraphQL, gRPC)
• Ability to troubleshoot problems in a live environment and provide real time help with critical issues
• Write code that is easily understood and maintainable by other team members
• Keep up to date with developments in technologies we are using
• Ability to communicate and work effectively, supporting various business departments
• Ability to work in fast-paced interdisciplinary environment

Desired additional qualifications:

• Experience working in a cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience integration with CRM platforms such as Salesforce, MS Dynamics
• Familiarity with RabbitMQ, AWS SQS or other messaging technologies
• Familiarity with other structured storage or No
  
  SQL solutions (Cassandra, DynamoDB, etc.)
• Background in statistical and / or financial analysis

For San Francisco, CA Only the salary range for this position is USD$ - USD$ . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. Black Rock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

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.

Our hybrid work model

Black Rock's hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities.

We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person - aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at Black Rock.

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