Full Stack Software Engineer, Associate

About This Role

Within the Aladdin Product Group – Private Markets, we are hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) to work on a critical application of the Aladdin Software suite: eFront Invest.

eFront Invest is the core application for Private Markets Investment Management within BlackRock Aladdin. It supports the full investment lifecycle:

• Fundraising
• Deal flow management
• Fund management
• Accounting

This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role focused on the eFront Invest platform and its features.

You Will Be Responsible For

• Owning and delivering complex features across a cloud-based web platform
• Applying strong software architecture principles
• Operating across the full Product Delivery Life Cycle (PDLC)
• Contributing directly through hands-on coding, technical judgment, and collaboration

About You

You are an experienced engineer who thrives in complex, large-scale systems where:

• Correctness, traceability, and stability are critical
• Understanding data flows and workflows across services is essential
• Design decisions have a real downstream business impact

You Will

• Work autonomously in complex codebases
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and QA
• Dive deep into existing systems (including legacy components)
• Use AI tools to accelerate development, debugging, and feature delivery

As a Senior Engineer, You

• Contribute through hands-on execution, not hierarchy
• Take full ownership of code quality and system impact
• Ensure reliability of business-critical workflows

Technologies you will work with (hands-on)

• C#, VB.NET
• Visual Studio, VS Code
• .NET Framework 4.x and .NET (.NET Core)
• Microsoft SQL Server
• TypeScript / JavaScript / HTML / CSS
• Cloud platforms and services (AWS, Azure), containerised environments, Kubernetes
• Azure DevOps pipelines and release tooling
• Agile / Scrum ways of working

What You Will Be Doing

• Designing and implementing features within Invest, focusing on enhancing the platform and the operation capacity of the product.
• Working across the full software lifecycle, including development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and incident investigation
• Contributing to the evolution of core platform architecture, configuration, and customization capacities.
• Writing clear, maintainable code and contributing to automated testing and CI/CD pipelines
• Diagnosing issues in existing systems, including legacy Invest components, and improving them incrementally and safely
• Participating actively in code reviews and technical discussions
• Collaborating closely with engineers, architects, product partners, and QA across locations
• Leverage AI tools and IDEs to maximize your productivity and deliver quality features on time.

What You Bring

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline
• Extensive professional experience building and supporting production software systems (typically 10+ years)
• Strong ability to independently navigate and understand complex, existing codebases
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in data-centric and workflow-driven systems
• Experience working on systems where data quality, auditability, and operational reliability are critical
• Professional fluency in English, written and spoke

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 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, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.