Quant Engineer, Aladdin Engineering - Associate at BlackRock

BlackRock is the world's leading investment manager, trusted to handle more money than any other firm globally. Our mission is to help millions of people, institutions, and governments achieve their investing goals through cutting-edge technology and unparalleled transparency. Join us in revolutionizing the investment landscape with the Alpha Gen Technology (AGT) team.

About the Alpha Gen Technology Team

Our Alpha Gen Technology team, part of the "AI, Alpha, and Digital Assets" group, is essential in helping BlackRock investment teams deliver market-leading performance (Alpha) to our clients. Our team has two primary missions: delivering Alpha for investors and building Alpha Technology as a product. Collaborating closely with BlackRock's investment teams, we develop predictive signals and strategies that drive hedge funds and active portfolios, utilizing advanced technology and deep market knowledge.

Global Reach and Cutting-Edge Technology

Our investment partners include Active Equity, Fixed Income, Multi-Asset Strategies, Sustainability Strategies, and the Risk and Quantitative Analytics Team. AGT’s global team operates from London, Budapest, Belgrade, Gurgaon, Mumbai, San Francisco, and Sydney, with business partners in financial centers worldwide. We leverage AI development, sophisticated Alpha libraries, Investment Data delivery services, and Azure Cloud-powered applications to scale our clients' investment operations.

Your Role and Responsibilities

We are seeking a Quant Engineer for AGT’s Model Servicing team. This role involves direct interaction with PhD Quantitative Researchers and Portfolio Managers who oversee multi-billion-dollar funds. You will transform investment ideas from research papers and Python notebooks into well-engineered processes using Python on our innovative technology platform. This position enables you to attend investment research meetings to understand and implement investment processes accurately.

Key responsibilities include:

• Transforming investment ideas into production processes that are easy to maintain and extend
• Enhancing the efficiency of our systems
• Supporting and maintaining existing production processes and infrastructure
• Collaborating with the product team to develop new features for Alpha Technology
• Applying new alpha-enabling technologies in Alpha implementations

Requirements and Qualifications

The ideal candidate has over 4 years of professional experience in applying mathematics, machine learning, or quantitative analysis to solve complex problems and deliver innovative solutions. Strong software engineering skills and familiarity with agile practices, test automation, object-oriented design, code refactoring, and release management are essential.

Additional qualifications include:

• Experience in Python and a good understanding of SQL and relational databases
• Interest in buy-side investment strategies in Equities, Fixed Income, or Multi-Asset strategies
• Experience with cloud technologies like Azure, Hadoop, Spark, S3, Kubernetes, Dask/Airflow is a plus
• Strong interpersonal skills for teamwork and collaboration

What You Will Learn

As a Quant Engineer at BlackRock, you will gain:

• Enhanced understanding of hedge fund strategies and their driving insights
• Experience in building platforms for alpha generation at scale
• Insight into using Aladdin, the investment platform managing over $15 trillion in global assets
• Knowledge of applying AI, machine learning, and data science to alpha generation

Our Benefits

We offer a broad range of benefits to keep you energized and engaged, including:

• Strong retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive healthcare
• Support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Hybrid work model with up to 4 days in the office per week

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, our mission is to help more people achieve financial well-being. Our clients, including individuals and institutions, save for retirement, education, home purchases, and business ventures, driving global economic strength. Our investment in employees is critical to our success. We foster an environment where colleagues feel welcomed, valued, and supported, with access to benefits, networks, and development opportunities.

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