Job Description

Description



About this role





BlackRock is trusted to manage more money than any other investment manager in the world, helping millions of people and the world's biggest institutions and governments reach their investing goals. We use technology to think beyond what is possible and bring greater transparency to investing.


Alpha Gen Technology - Your Team



The Alpha Gen Technology team (AGT) which is part of the wider "AI, Alpha and Digital Assets" group, helps BlackRock investment teams deliver market leading performance (Alpha) to their clients.


The team has two equally important missions, delivering Alpha for investors and building Alpha Technology as a product. As part of the "Alpha Delivery" mission, the team works in partnership with Blackrock's investment teams to develop predictive signals and strategies that are traded on hedge funds and other active portfolios. This close partnership gives the team the necessary deep knowledge it needs to be successful at its strategic mission of building Alpha Technology as a product.


Our clients need the Alpha Technology to scale their investment operations with the help of the latest features in AI development, sophisticated Alpha libraries, Investment Data delivery services and other investment applications, all powered by Azure Cloud.


AGT's Investment partners include Active Equity, Fixed Income, Multi-Asset Strategies, Sustainability Strategies, and the Risk and Quantitative Analytics Team. People in this truly global team are based in London, Budapest, Belgrade, Gurgaon, Mumbai, San Francisco and Sydney. Meanwhile our business partners are based all over the globe covering all financial centers worldwide.


Your Role and Responsibilities


• The position is for a Quant Engineer within the AGT's Model Servicing team.
• The role offers direct interaction with PhD Quantitative Researchers and Portfolio Managers who manage multi-billion-dollar funds daily.
• The primary responsibility is to transform investment ideas from research papers and python notebooks into well-engineered processes, primarily using Python, that leverage an innovative technology platform.
• The candidate will have the opportunity to attend investment research meetings to gain a thorough understanding of the investment process, enabling them to accurately design and implement these ideas into production processes.
• The ideal candidate will have a strong interest and experience in software engineering, allowing them to write production processes that are easy to maintain and extend.
• The team's collaborative and supportive environment, along with the proven technology platform, will provide a solid foundation for success.

In addition, you will:


• Identify and implement methods to enhance the efficiency of our systems.
• Support and maintain existing production processes and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with the product team to develop new features for Alpha Technology product.
• Identify and utilize new alpha-enabling technologies in Alpha implementations.

You have


• The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of professional experience and the ability to apply mathematics, machine learning, or quantitative analysis to solve complex problems and deliver innovative solutions.
• A strong interest in software engineering and familiarity with practices such as agile, test automation, object-oriented design, code refactoring, and release management is required.
• Strong individual contributor with hands on experience and good interpersonal skills within your own working group and with the business partners.
• A genuine interest in buy side investment strategies involving any one of the main asset classes: Equities, Fixed Income or Multi-Asset strategies.
• The candidate must have experience in Python and a good understanding of SQL and working with relational databases.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as Azure, Hadoop, Spark, S3, Kubernetes, Dask/Airflow is a plus.

What you will learn


• A solid understanding of hedge fund strategies and the insights that drive them.
• Building sophisticated platforms that enables alpha generation at scale.
• Aladdin - the investment platform used to manage >$15 trillion of the global assets.
• How to apply AI, machine learning and data science technology to alpha generation

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.


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.