Application Engineer, Vice President

About this role Build technology that shapes global financial markets. Move fast, solve tough problems, and learn from hands-on leaders in engineering and finance. At BlackRock, we’re hiring Software Engineers who love to innovate and solve complex problems. We value diversity and will support your growth—technically and personally. We invest and protect over $13.9T (USD) and our technology helps millions of investors save for retirement, fund education, buy homes, and improve financial well-being. As a technologist at BlackRock, you’ll pair the scale of a global leader with the pace and ownership of a modern engineering team building next-generation solutions. What are Aladdin and Aladdin Engineering? Build on Aladdin , BlackRock’s investment operating system used by BlackRock and leading financial institutions. It unifies risk analytics, portfolio management, trading, and operations to power informed decisions for investors worldwide. Aladdin Engineering builds and runs the platform at global scale—tools managing trillions in assets, supporting millions of instruments, and processing millions of transactions daily for thousands of users. Being a member of Aladdin Engineering, you will be: Tenacious: Thrive in a fast-paced, complex environment. Creative: Evaluate options and apply the right tech for the problem. Collaborative: Communicate clearly and deliver as a team. Curious: Learn quickly and apply new concepts. Responsibilities include: Collaborate across teams in a multi-office, multi-country environment. Deliver high-performance, highly available, fault-tolerant systems. Contribute to Aladdin’s global, multi-asset trading platform. Partner with Product and users to shape the roadmap. Design and build solutions to complex problems; remove roadblocks. Apply strong engineering practices across the full SDLC. Ensure resilience via code reviews, automated testing, DevOps, and production support. Lead by example—mentor others and drive team productivity. Foster an inclusive, high-performing culture through actions in hiring, management, and engagement. Own project scope, priorities, timelines, and delivery using Agile methods. Skills and Experience: Strong core Java, OO design, and design patterns. 8 years of proven experience in backend software engineering. Proven track record delivering high-quality, well-tested software. Hands-on experience with Java, Spring Framework/Spring Boot, and Hibernate. Deep understanding of concurrency; experience designing high-throughput distributed systems. Experience with messaging/eventing (e.g., Kafka, JMS, MQ). Strong relational database fundamentals. Comfortable with modern engineering tools (Git, Maven) and unit/integration testing. Strong analysis and architecture skills; bias for test-driven development. Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. Interest in finance/investment workflows and translating business needs into technical solutions. Experience leading projects/teams or owning the design and quality of a significant system or component; strong partnership skills. Nice to have and opportunities to learn: Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL data stores (e.g., MS SQL, Sybase, Cassandra, Redis). Cloud-native, event-driven microservices experience (design patterns, resilience). Exposure to large-scale distributed systems and platforms (e.g., Kafka, MongoDB, Ignite). Microservices and API development (REST, gRPC) and/or streaming integrations. Experience in Agile teams and/or open-source contributions. Optimization/algorithms or quantitative engineering experience. Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and container/IaC tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform/Ansible). DevOps practices and tooling (e.g., Azure DevOps). Experience with AI/ML products or research environments. Front-end exposure (React, Vue, Angular) is a plus. Evidence of strong engineering fundamentals (degree, certifications, and/or open-source track record). Quali ... (truncated, view full listing at source)