About this role

Are you interested in building innovative technology that shapes global financial markets?

At BlackRock, engineers build Aladdin, the investment operating system used by BlackRock and many of the worlds leading financial institutions. Our technology powers portfolio management, trading, risk analytics, and operationshelping millions of investors worldwide plan for longterm financial security.

About the Team

Youll join Aladdin Trading DevOps Engineering, a team focused on modernizing build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and cloudnative platforms that support missioncritical trading systems. The platform spans large, multilanguage codebases and operates at global scale, requiring strong engineering discipline, automation, and reliability.

What Youll Work On

• Designing and evolving modern build systems for large, multilanguage codebases
• Improving build speed, reliability, and developer productivity at scale
• Building and operating highperformance CI/CD and release pipelines
• Driving containerized, Kubernetesbased platforms across multicloud environments
• Partnering with application, platform, and leadership teams to define tooling standards
• Applying an AIfirst mindset to optimize build, test, and deployment workflows

What Were Looking For

• 9+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Build Infrastructure
• Strong experience with modern build systems (Bazel, Gradle, Pants, Buck)
• Deep expertise in CI/CD, release engineering, and cloud platforms
• Understanding of containerization across languages (Docker, buildpacks)
• Experience with InfrastructureasCode and GitOps (Terraform, ArgoCD, Flux)
• Ability to drive datadriven improvements across engineering pipelines

Preferred / Emerging Skills

• Familiarity with AI coding assistants and productivity tooling
• Understanding of AI system reliability concepts (guardrails, validation, observability, explainability, humanintheloop)
• Exposure to agentic LLM frameworks and AIassisted developer workflows

Why BlackRock

At BlackRock, you get the scale and impact of a global financial leader with the speed and ownership of a modern engineering organization. Youll work with handson leaders, solve realworld problems at global scale, and help shape the future of financial technology.

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

BlackRocks 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, weve provided guidance (opens in new window) 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 childrens 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. Its why were 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 (opens in new window). We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn (opens in new window), Instagram (opens in new window), YouTube (opens in new window), X (opens in new window), and TikTok (opens in new window).

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.