BlackRock has acquired several companies over the years, including Barclays Global Investor, which includes the popular ETF platform iShares. The investment manager also owns eFront, Kreos Capital, Aperio, and Merril Lynch Investment Management.
Senior Associate
Job Duties: Evaluate and execute investment opportunities in the energy sector, including renewables, midstream, and new energies.
Analyze company materials, provide key insights into the economic impact of infrastructure investments, develop investment theses across
emerging technologies, and forecast the financial performance of prospective investments. Serve as an integral part of the due diligence
process, managing third-party advisors, reviewing financial models, arranging debt financing, and supporting the negotiation of commercial
and legal contracts. Work closely with Analysts and Associates to develop the team and provide guidance as they support the investment
process. Actively oversee and provide direction on new platform investments, add-on investments, divestitures, and related financings.
Evaluate new investment opportunities, ranging from market assessment to competitive positioning, to initial underwriting and deal
structuring. Perform due diligence on active deals, including business diligence, risk underwriting, and managing external advisors.
Collaborate with the team to build robust and flexible financial models to support deal underwriting and deal structuring efforts. Provide
guidance and support for transaction negotiations. Oversee the hands-on support to portfolio companies. Work with investment banking;
private equity; infrastructure investing; financial research and analysis; financial modeling; and, accounting.
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field of study; and 24 months of
experience in investment banking; private equity; infrastructure investing; financial research and analysis; financial modeling; and,
accounting.
To apply, please click “Apply” on this webpage.
For New York, NY Only the salary range for this position is USD$0.00 – USD$0.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including heath care, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock 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
BlackRock’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 BlackRock.
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.
AI Engineering, Associate
At BlackRock, we are currently seeking an AI Platform/Product Engineer to join our team. As an AI Platform/Product Engineer, you will play a crucial role in building and evolving our Aladdin AI Platform, working with a distributed team and collaborating with engineers to shape the technical solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Design and build the next generation of the world’s best investment management technology platform, focusing on managing various investment lifecycle processes and investment research.
- Leverage existing AI/ML infrastructure to develop new platform services.
- Collaborate with product engineering teams to implement comprehensive AI/ML-based solutions from start to finish.
- Work with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment.
- Refine business and functional requirements and translate them into scalable technical designs.
- Apply quality software engineering practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Conduct code reviews, perform unit, regression, and user acceptance testing, and provide level two production support to ensure resilience and stability.
Requirements:
- B.S./M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject area with 4-7 years of proven experience, or equivalent experience, for Associate positions and 8-12 years, or equivalent experience, for Vice President or Technical Architect positions.
- Strong proficiency and hands-on experience in object-oriented programming with Java and Python.
- Experience building applications using LLM frameworks such as LangChain, Llama Index, and Semantic Kernel.
- Familiarity with event-driven architecture and messaging frameworks like Kafka.
- Proficiency in designing and building scalable APIs and Microservices.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure (Preferred), AWS, or GCP.
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with relational databases and NoSQL databases like Apache Cassandra.
- Experience working in Agile development teams.
- Excellent collaboration skills.
Nice to have:
- Experience with ML model training and fine-tuning.
- Understanding of prompt engineering and prompt tuning.
- Knowledge of ML model evaluation to ensure consistent performance with changing data.
- Familiarity with MLOps and ML model lifecycle pipelines.
Joining BlackRock means becoming a member of a highly esteemed organization that oversees and safeguards more than $10 trillion (USD) in assets. As an AI Platform/Product Engineer, you will have the chance to work with advanced technologies and collaborate with outstanding engineers to influence the future of the financial industry. This role will also provide valuable exposure to risk management, valuations, and operations.
BlackRock is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We embrace and value the unique skills, curiosity, and passion of individuals from all backgrounds. We strive to provide reasonable accommodations and adjustments for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you requireassistance or an accommodation during the application process, please let us know.
Join us at BlackRock and be part of a team that is revolutionizing the financial industry through innovation and technology.
For NY7 – 50 Hudson Yards, New York Only the salary range for this position is USD$132,500.00 – USD$162,000.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including heath care, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.
Aladdin Client Transformations, Vice President
BlackRock runs on Aladdin. It has always been at the core of BlackRock. Aladdin® is an operating system for investment managers that seek to connect the information, people, and technology needed to manage money in real time. Our investment software combines risk analytics with portfolio management, trading, compliance, and operations tools on a single platform to power informed decision-making, effective risk management, efficient trading, and operational scale. Aladdin is used by a community of over 900 clients around the world. There are over 100,000 end users of Aladdin globally. Through Aladdin, the firm offers to clients the same technology and intellectual capital that BlackRock uses to manage investments day-to-day.
The Aladdin Client Business is growing rapidly, with the volume of new client deals growing each year. We are at the next phase of our growth and are evolving into a business with multiple new product launches. Successful candidates will join in our efforts to help our clients onboard the world’s leading end-to-end operating system to manage investment portfolios and transform their business.
We are looking for a candidate to join us in an Associate or Vice President role within the Aladdin Client Transformation team with 3-10 years of relevant work experience.
Your Team
The Aladdin Client Transformation is responsible for the installation and deployment of Aladdin, eFront and related products and services, globally. Aladdin and eFront transformations are high-profile initiatives that provide team members with significant client exposure and play an active role in redefinition of investment organizations. A typical transformation project is at least as much about processes and implementing change as it is about investments & technology. We help clients achieve ambitious strategic objectives, which range from streamlining investment workflows to organizational strategy, to unifying their investment analytics & risk reporting framework, to modernizing their overall investment process. We develop advisory partnerships with our clients at the most senior levels, which continue to grow post go live of our solutions.
You will be joining as an implementation specialist within the Client Transformation team focusing on high value deliverables.
Your Responsibilities
- Understand client objectives and goals paired with strong emotional ownership to deliver solutions utilizing Aladdin or eFront capabilities
- Document, standardize and help scale deliverables, such as investment workflow designs and analytics overviews for various asset classes, including equities, fixed income, alternatives, derivatives, etc.
- Consult on behalf of our business primarily through our products
- Aid in developing improved practices to make client transformations more efficient with each new project
- Able to work with various data sources in order to design solutions involving data visualization tools
Your Qualifications
- Understanding of investment management with 3-5 years of relevant industry experience for an Associate level and 6+ years for a Vice President level
- Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Superior communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts simply and clearly to internal team members or clients
- Well organized with the ability to manage several priorities with a hands-on approach
- Enjoys a fast paced, high-intensity and complex environment, troubleshooting time critical issues and working with people
- Strong attention to detail; willing to take proactive action, and desire to roll up sleeves
Nice If You Have
- Experience with institutional buy-side investment technology platforms
- Working experience in investment organizations
- Consulting experience
- Experience with platform integrations (e.g., interfaces, APIs)
- Professional designations or pursuit toward attaining (e.g., CFA, CAIA, FRM)
For Atlanta, GA Only the salary range for this position is USD$140,000.00 – USD$195,000.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including heath care, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.
Full Stack .NET Developer – Aladdin Engineering, Associate
In Aladdin Engineering, Alternatives department, we are seeking a Full Stack Developer to grow and expand our Software Engineering team! You will help the growth of our private market’s platform – eFront Invest. eFront, a part of BlackRock, is a leading software provider of end-to-end solutions for the Alternative Investment players.
Fully integrated into our Aladdin eFront Engineering Team, you are exposed to both the technical and functional layers of our most innovative products, while acquiring outstanding abilities in the fast-growing Private Equity industry, and Alternative Investments in general. You are part of international and diverse environment, with a strong drive for technical innovation.
About You:
You have great analytical skills; you understand what a requirement and a user story are, and you can translate them in an efficient design. You can produce effective and testable code and, as a developer, you understand your role in unitary and integrated testing. You show autonomy in your work organization, and you can seek for information and help whenever required. You can understand other’s people code and design and make it yours. You work in an inclusive team, as a team fellow and promote equity and inclusion. You collaborate to achieve the goal of the team and deliver according to plan.
- Curious and eager to learn new things, with a healthy disrespect for the status quo.
- Willing to embrace work outside of your comfort zone, and open to mentorship from others; you make mistakes but learn from them.
- Passionate about technology, with personal ownership for the work you do
- Data-focused, with an eye for the details that matter to resolve problems.
Technologies and Concepts involved:
- C#, with Visual Studio
- VB .Net
- .Net Framework, .Net Core (.Net)
- MS SQL Server
- TypeScript / JavaScript / CSS / Html
- Cloud based services, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes
- Agile (Scrum)
What will you be doing?
- You are building new features, from their conception up to their deployment in production. You handle aspects of a SaaS product, including production monitoring and incident resolution on the cloud platform.
- You integrate your work in the team methodologies: continuous integration/continuous delivery, automated testing, standard processes’ definition.
- You are engaging with different groups, full of hardworking, forward-thinking people with an outstanding innovation spirit.
You have:
- Bachelor or Master in Engineering, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, or related software engineering background.
- 2+ years of experience in software development using C#/.NET, .NET Core, JavaScript and related technologies
- Ability to autonomously dig into an existing codebase and understand its concepts.
- Curiosity about the functional part of the product, base knowledge about the Finance industry will be highly appreciated.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; proactive approach with ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong communication skills