BlackRock
Associate, Software Engineer - SMA Solutions
$120K–$148K
Chicago, IL · Full-time · Posted Aug 28, 2026
- Experience
- 2-5 years of professional software development experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, STEM or similar technical field, OR equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build, enhance, and support microservices and integrations powering customized investment portfolio construction and real-time operational workflows.
What you'll do
- Develop and support microservices, data integrations, and operational workflows.
- Work with teammates and stakeholders to deliver platform capabilities that meet business needs and quality standards.
- Support technology for portfolio data, order execution, reference data, analytics, and investment research.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, STEM or similar technical field, OR equivalent practical experience.
- 2-5 years of professional software development experience.
- Strong Python or C# experience; production application, service, or API development and support experience.
- Strong SQL / relational database experience; hands-on cloud experience (AWS, Azure or GCP); Docker/Containers experience; standard software development practices.
Nice to have
- MySQL and AWS are strongly preferred.
- Cloud-native or serverless applications, APIs and backend services, Pandas and NumPy, data pipelines, Kubernetes, Terraform or CloudFormation, distributed or event-driven systems, observability, or financial/fintech experience.
Pay
USD$120,000.00 - USD$148,000.00 (base salary)
Tools
Python, C#, SQL, MySQL, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker/Containers
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