Portfolio Management Group – Associate, Data Strategy & Solutions
Atlanta, US
Analytics & Risk
Description
About this role
Are you interested in building innovative technology that shapes financial markets? Do you like working at the speed of a startup but want to tackle complex problems?
The Data Strategy & Solutions team is accelerating the future of investment research for BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (PMG), which manages trillions of dollars of customer assets. Our team builds innovative software solutions that empower PMG investment teams to improve their portfolio decision-making with alternative data.
The team is looking for a dynamic individual to join their Platform Engineering Team to focus on the incorporation of AI capabilities to our internal platform and tools that we are delivering. The primary job responsibilities include research and development of language models including large language model to capture and extract unstructured data from varied sources & reports and build out of quantitative/ML based components for generating alpha.
AS AN ENGINEER IN THE PLATFORM TEAM, YOU WILL:
- Work alongside Data Scientists, Investors, and other Data Engineers in partner teams to design and build scalable, automated platforms for rapid experimentation and build-out of Generative AI applications.
- Scope out and productionize infrastructure and tooling to support scalable cloud-based applications
- Have fun as part of an awesome team
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Integrate AI features into our platform and products, following software engineering principles of maintainability, scalability, and reliability
- Apply AI models, such as LLMs, to work with structured and unstructured datasets at scale
- Ensure required data is available and ready for product development, testing, and rapid experimentation through scalable data pipelines
- Provide expertise and thought leadership on AI capabilities and best practices
- Be involved from inception of projects, understanding requirements, designing & developing solutions, and incorporating them into the designs of our platforms
- Build and maintain strong relationships between Investments and Platform teams
- Assist in troubleshooting issues, support the operation of production software
- Write comprehensive technical documentation, design plans, and user flows to support PoC, MVPs, and Products
- Communicate with partner teams and stakeholders on project progress and potential bottlenecks
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with building with AI
- Experience with software engineering and building data-centric scalable production systems
- Experience with popular cloud platforms
- Experience with data pipelines, including unstructured data
- Experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment
- Experience with Python
- Experience in networking, coordination and service discovery
- Ability to design, evaluate and implement data architecture for AI applications
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in Data Engineering or related Engineering practices.
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.
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BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.
BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.
Job requisition #
R241655
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