Algo Engineer (Associate), Index Equity Technology

About this role Index Equity Technology - Algo Engineer BlackRock is one of the world’s preeminent asset management firms and a premier 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 thorough fundamental, quantitative, and alternative active management approaches aimed at improving outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to the world’s 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. Business Unit Overview: BlackRock’s Index Equity (IE) team handles more than $7.5 trillion in global index equity assets across Global Developed Markets, Emerging Markets, Commodities and REITs. The group offers index equity investors one of the industry's broadest arrays of investment choices. Our clients include corporate pension plans, public pension plans, central banks, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors. Job Purpose/Background: The Index Equity Technology team within Index Equity is seeking to expand in order to improve business efficiency and scalability. This business-side role entails working with Portfolio Managers, other members of the Index Equity team and the BlackRock technology teams, in order to build a best-in-class index investment engine. The person filling this role will facilitate the development and maintenance of portfolio engineering algorithms for index investment processes. A successful candidate will be able to understand the index equity portfolio construction process and will be able to reliably build and deliver working code that serves the immediate need, is robust and extensible enough to evolve and support scale as our business grows. Key Responsibilities: Implement an innovative platform, primarily in Python, for the development, deployment, maintenance and monitoring of portfolio engineering algorithms Maintain the Algo ecosystem with Python engineering principles to keep it aligned with changes. Enthusiastic and ready to learn and use cutting end tech like AI Identify, and implement, opportunities for improvement of operational processes using data analytics Understand the BlackRock technology platform and integrate portfolio engineering algorithms into it Work with BlackRock technology teams that support IE, to ensure that they understand our requirements and build well-suited tools Skills/Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree or equivalent experience in computer science/engineering/quantitative field with strong computing skills Programming skills in Python (preferred) /Java with strong object-oriented skills Experience with SDLC including agile development methodologies, writing tests before code, version control and CI/CD tools Knowledge of Scientific Python stack, experience in dealing with large data sets and statistical processing Experience in applying mathematics and statistical techniques to tackle complex problems Experience working in investment management, trading or finance related fields is a plus Knowledge of equity risk models is a plus Excellent analytical, problem solving skills, attention to detail and an emphasis on precision Great teammate with high level of self-motivation and inquisitiveness Effective communication skills High degree of professional integrity, discretion and judgement Our benefits To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and F ... (truncated, view full listing at source)