About this role
About the team:
Aladdin Wealth Technology (AWT) builds technology for wealth management, helping wealth managers and financial advisors deliver personalized portfolio experiences and improve client engagement.
This role sits within the team supporting My Managed Accounts (MMA), a platform that enables advisors and internal users to view, manage, enroll, and service accounts.
You will work on backend services, integrations, and workflow capabilities that support scalable user experiences.
As a member of the team, you are expected to be:
- Tenacious: Thrive in a fast-paced, highly complex environment.
- A creative thinker: Evaluate multiple solutions and apply technologies flexibly, including leveraging AI where it adds value.
- A great teammate: Collaborate effectively and communicate clearly across teams.
- A fast learner: Quickly grasp new concepts, especially in the rapidly evolving AI landscape, and apply them effectively.
- AI-minded and forward-thinking: Actively explore and adopt AI tools, frameworks, and practices to enhance engineering productivity and product capabilities.
What you’ll do:
- Design and build scalable microservices using Java (Spring Boot).
- Collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams to deliver impactful solutions.
- Apply AI-driven tools and approaches to enhance development, automation, and product capabilities.
- Solve complex problems and continuously improve system performance and reliability.
What we’re looking for:
- 5+ years of experience with Java/Spring Boot and microservices architecture.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.
- Experience designing and building scalable microservices using API-first principles (REST/gRPC).
- Experience with Java 17+ is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience with modern engineering tools (Git, Maven, unit and integration testing, mocking frameworks).
- Solid experience with object‑oriented design and applying standard design patterns.
- Interest or experience in AI/ML or AI-assisted development
- Experience with message brokers such as Kafka is a plus.
- Experience in React or similar, and modern JavaScript/TypeScript is a plus.
- A proactive, learning-oriented attitude and enthusiasm for innovation
- A collaborative mindset, with a drive to build high‑quality software efficiently
- A friendly, positive, and can‑do attitude.
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.
Guidance on AI use for candidates
At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work – enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn, prepare, and work more effectively; but during our interview process, we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences, thinking, and judgment. To support you, we’ve provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.
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.
To learn more about BlackRock, please visit Careers.BlackRock.com. We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, X, and TikTok.
BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience with Java/Spring Boot and microservices architecture
- Experience designing and building scalable microservices using API-first principles (REST/gRPC)
- Demonstrated experience with modern engineering tools (Git, Maven, unit and integration testing, mocking frameworks)
- Solid experience with object‑oriented design and applying standard design patterns
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Interest or experience in AI/ML or AI-assisted development
- Experience with Java 17+
- Experience with message brokers such as Kafka
- Experience in React or similar, and modern JavaScript/TypeScript
BlackRock Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — The U.S. plan combines a 50% match on the first 8% of eligible pay you contribute with an additional 3–5% company retirement contribution, alongside an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. This structure is positioned as stronger than many large employers and stands out for long‑term savings in finance.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave includes at least 16 weeks at 100% for primary caregivers (and 4 weeks for non‑primary), with bereavement and miscarriage/stillbirth leave plus a flexible return‑to‑work transition. Family‑forming and caregiving resources include adoption support, fertility benefits, and back‑up child and elder care in some locations.
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Healthcare Strength — Offerings include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, telemedicine, wellness incentives, gym discounts, EAP counseling, and free access to Calm. Some offices also provide onsite health services.
BlackRock Insights
What We Do
As the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock partners with investors around the globe to help them (and those on whose behalf they invest) plan for life’s most important goals – like retirement, home ownership and their children’s education. Our clients range from governments, foundations and other large institutions to those investing on behalf of individuals, including firefighters, nurses, teachers and factory workers. BlackRock was founded with the idea of creating a better asset management firm — one that was purpose-driven, focused on clients and risk management, and propelled by data and technology. Our breakthrough Aladdin® platform is BlackRock’s technological backbone, helping investors see and manage their whole portfolios in one place – from constructing investments to monitoring risk and executing trades. Used by hundreds of external institutions around the world, Aladdin combines powerful analytics and a common language to help investment teams make faster, more informed decisions across public and private markets. It’s a key part of our business and one of the reasons we’re trusted to manage more assets than any other investment manager today. At BlackRock, we challenge conventions and raise the bar for what’s possible. We harness technology to unlock new solutions, simplify complexity, and deliver investment strategies that meet people where they are. Whether it’s retirement planning, wealth building or navigating market shifts, we’re here to help clients invest more easily, more affordably and with more choice as we chart a path toward financial well-being together. Learn more: Careers.BlackRock.com
Why Work With Us
Without our people, technology is irrelevant. When we combine the power of people with the power of technology, we amplify our ability to create better outcomes for our employees, clients, shareholders and society alike.
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