Data Engineer, Aladdin Data, Associate

About the Role

The Associate - Data Platform Engineer engages in projects from the start, including refining requirements and designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) enabling core framework components.

Key Tasks

• Automating data pipelines
• Supporting teams using the framework
• Adhering to data platform standards
• Enhancing performance and scalability

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in chapter ceremony meetings and contribute to project planning and estimation
• Coordinate work with product managers, data owners, platform teams, and other stakeholders throughout the SDLC cycle
• Use Airflow, Python, Snowflake, dbt, and related technologies to enhance and maintain EDP acquisition, ingestion, processing, orchestration and DQ frameworks
• Adopt new tools and technologies to enhance framework capabilities
• Build and conduct end-to-end tests to ensure production operations run successfully after every release cycle
• Document and present accomplishments and challenges to internal and external stakeholders
• Demonstrate deep understanding of modern data engineering tools and best practices
• Design and build solutions which are performant, consistent, and scalable
• Contribute to design decisions for complex systems
• Provide L2 / L3 support for technical and/or operational issues

Requirements

• At least 5+ years' experience as a data engineer
• Expertise with SQL, stored procedures, UDFs
• Advanced level Python programming
• Experience with Snowflake or similar cloud native databases
• Experience with orchestration tools, especially Airflow
• Experience with declarative transformation tools like dbt
• Experience in Azure services, especially ADLS (or equivalent)
• Exposure to real time streaming platforms and message brokers (e.g., Snowpipe Streaming, Kafka)
• Experience with Agile development concepts and related tools (ADO, Aha)
• Experience conducting root cause analysis and solving issues
• Experience with performance tuning
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to operate in a matrixed organization and fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills with a can-do attitude under challenging circumstances
• Bachelor's degree in computer science is strongly preferred

Benefits

BlackRock offers 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.

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. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience 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.