VP, Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Java & Angular)

About this role Are you interested in building innovative technology that shapes the financial markets? Do you like working at the speed of a startup, and tackling some of the world’s most interesting challenges? Do you want to work with, and learn from, hands-on leaders in technology and finance? At BlackRock, we are looking for Software Engineers who like to innovate and solve complex problems. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your unique skills, curiosity, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual. Aladdin by BlackRock manages over $ 30 trillion (USD) in assets, and its engineers have an extraordinary responsibility to our clients all over the world . Our technology empowers millions of investors to achieve their investments objectives , save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home , and improve people’s financial well-being. Being a technologist at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds: working for one of the most advanced financial companies and being part of a software development team responsible for next generation technology and solutions. This role will be responsible for all aspects of software development, testing and ensuring compatibility with enterprise and solutions architecture by harnessing modern development technologies. The position is for a Vice President within the Investment and Trading engineering team within Aladdin Engineering and is responsible for delivering software solutions leveraged by Portfolio Managers, Traders, Researchers, Risk Managers, Compliance Officers and Investment Operations. We are: Passionate about building quality software and scalable technology to meet the needs of tomorrow Building solutions for both BlackRock and over 100 organizations who use our technology We have strong Java expertise and work with a range of technologies such as Azure cloud, Kafka, Cassandra, Docker, Kubernetes, Angular and many others Committed to open source, and contributing back to the community Writing testable software every day, with a focus on agile innovation The team is looking for an ambitious hands-on senior software engineer to work on an exciting strategic product to expand our Aladdin Portfolio Management capabilities . Working with a global team and be a part of an outstanding group of engineers setting, evolving the technology direction of our upcoming suit of applications for Portfolio Management. Passionate about multiple aspects of enterprise software development – Performance, Scale, Resilience, Usability and Maintainability. As a key member of our engineering team, you will be encouraged and empowered to bring your ideas forward to help shape the technical solutions. Making you become a strong team player in our distributed and diverse global team. You also have opportunit ies to present your innovative ideas to leaders across the firm. This position will give you immense exposure and training in some of the latest technologies, such as Angular, Ignite, APIs, gRPC , Proto-buffs, Spring, Azure Dev Ops, Node.JS, Cassandra and more. The role will also afford the chance to learn about the financial industry and the exciting world of investing and portfolio management . Responsibilities include: Develop and maintain institutional grade investment functionalit ies used by portfolio managers Help design and build the next generation of world -class investment platform Contribute to an agile development team working with designers, product managers , users Quality-first mind-set - a pply quality software engineering practices through all phases of development and into production Collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country , global team environment. Ensure resilience , stability , and high- performance of software delivery through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testi ... (truncated, view full listing at source)