Full Stack Associate

**Job description**:
**About this role**

**About the Team**

The **Quantitative Analytics Engineering (QAE)** team at **BlackRock** builds and maintains the infrastructure and software that power our industry-leading financial models and risk analytics. From analyzing the cash flows of a single bond to quantifying the financial risk of entire portfolios, our platforms support decision-making for both BlackRock investment professionals and Aladdin clients globally.

We work at the intersection of **finance, engineering, and data science**, driving insights that shape strategies and decision-making across various financial domains. Our systems support modeling, risk attribution, and complex scenario analysis.

We operate in a culture that values **collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning**. Engineers here don’t just write code—they partner closely with quantitative researchers and financial domain experts to build tools that make complex analytics intuitive, scalable, and impactful.

**About the Role**

We’re seeking a **Senior Full Stack Engineer** with strong backend and frontend experience to design, build, and scale modern analytics systems. You’ll contribute to end-to-end architecture, develop performant UIs and APIs, and ensure seamless delivery of financial insights to internal and external users.

This is a high-ownership role where your work will directly impact our ability to deliver **reliable, real-time analytics** in a fast-moving market environment. You’ll be part of a tight-knit engineering team that values clean architecture, intelligent defaults, and a relentless focus on delivering value.

**Key Responsibilities**

**End-to-End Ownership**
- Architect, develop, and maintain full-stack systems with a focus on modularity, performance, and testability.
- Balance technical trade-offs, present design options, and align with long-term platform goals.

**Front-End Engineering**
- Build dynamic, performant UIs using **React, TypeScript, and modern state management**.
- Create reusable components and design systems that enable self-service analytics and intuitive user flows.

**Back-End Engineering**
- Design robust services using **Java 8+, Kafka, and REST APIs** to support data processing, aggregation, and computation.
- Implement efficient data access patterns and schema design for analytical workloads (SQL, Snowflake).

**Quantitative & Domain Integration**
- Work alongside quant researchers and risk experts to productize complex financial models.
- Build tools to visualize, audit, and troubleshoot model outputs and portfolio analytics.

**DevOps & Quality**
- Write thorough unit and integration tests (Jest, Enzyme, JMockit).
- Participate in CI/CD pipelines and help maintain a culture of operational excellence.

**Team Collaboration**
- Operate in an agile environment with stakeholders across time zones.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement in engineering practices.

**What We’re Looking For**:
**Core Skills**:

- ** Frontend**: 5+ years with React, TypeScript, ES6+, CSS/SCSS, Bootstrap (or equivalents).
- ** Backend**: Deep knowledge of Java (Java 8+), REST APIs, Kafka, Maven.
- ** Database**: Proficiency with SQL, schema design, Snowflake (preferred), performance tuning.
- ** Testing**: Solid grasp of modern testing tools and philosophies (Jest, Enzyme, JMockit).
- ** DevOps**: Git, shell scripting, CI/CD pipelines, basic containerization knowledge.

**Bonus Points For**:

- Python for scripting or quick data modeling.
- Knowledge of financial modeling concepts, especially around fixed income or derivatives.
- Experience with scalable data systems and distributed computing patterns.
- Familiarity with modern UI/UX principles and accessibility practices.

**Why Join BlackRock**:

- Impact the **core infrastructure** powering global financial analytics and decisions.
- Work on **deep technical problems** with direct business relevance.
- Be part of a team that invests in **your learning, mentorship, and career development**.
- Collaborate across disciplines—engineering, data science, and finance—to build world-class tools.

Join us and be part of building systems that power global financial decision-making at scale.

**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 responsibiliti