Front-end Developer, Associate, iShares
Description About this role Do you want to help us shape the future of investing? ETF usage is accelerating, and iShares is #1 with global organic growth of 20% and a 55% increase in shareholders in the US alone. However, to date the Asset Management industry has had a very traditional business model. Perfect storm. There is unquestionable opportunity for ETFs and for disruption, and we are determined to lead the change.
The growing volume of clients holding iShares, and the increase in those engaging digitally, requires a new approach. We must evolve to a deeper customer experience, facilitating users through the purchase funnel, personalizing to their needs and fostering ongoing loyalty.
As we take a new approach for our clients, we are building out our team in Budapest and we're looking for an A-player to join us as an experienced Software Engineer.
Primary responsibilities
As an Associate in an iShares Development Squad, you will be the core of iShares Budapest team:
Working closely with the product owners to deliver against strategy
Building strong relationships with key partners in iShares, Digital Wealth and Digital Marketing to drive strategic initiatives
Collaborating with designers, writing front-end code and influencing the roadmap of APIs and microservices to ship product increments
Work with project managers, technical leads, business owners, and analysts through the entire SDLC, understanding and refining systems requirements
Understand and support existing systems, and resolve operations issues while working with other engineering staff located across the globe
Work with the global development team to create a technical solution tailored to client technology needs
Work closely with user-experience and design team to review visual designs
Develop and maintain development friendly, valid client-side code for implementation on all projects
Solve client problems and communicate resolutions for existing systems
Work as a front-end web developer with server-side developers, test engineers, project managers, technical leads, business owners and analysts through the whole SDLC, understanding and refining front-end and user interface requirements, designing and writing code, clearly documenting the development process.
Develop and maintain JavaScript libraries, making sure they support the creative and engineering standards of BlackRock.
Stay abreast of the new front-end web development technologies; integrate them with BlackRock's web sites to further enhance the usability and efficiency of the sites as necessary.
Essential skills / experience
A minimum of 3 years of development experience
Some experience and understanding of both waterfall and Agile project management disciplines, with an emphasis on Scrum
Financial knowledge and interest recommended.
Java web application development experience highly preferred (AJAX, JSON, SOAP, WSDL, XML, JSP/FTL).
Experience with Test Driven Development highly preferred (JUnit, TestNG, EasyMock, JMock)
2 + years of hands-on experience in developing pixel perfect CSS driven, table-less HTML for all new projects, following development standards and templates as well as industry best practices
Experience on frameworks like Angular, React, Node.js, Typescript preferred
Experience with responsive web development, mobile and video technologies a strong plus.
Work closely with user-experience and design team to review visual designs
Develop and maintain development friendly, valid client-side code for implementation on the all projects
Hands-on experience with web development in unobtrusive JavaScript implementation, CSS, HTML, DHTML, XHTML
Strong knowledge of the core JavaScript and working knowledge of at least one of the main stream JavaScript libraries like jquery, YUI, etc.
Strong working knowledge of all current graphic web-design applications
Working knowledge and experience of HTML 5 and CSS 3 a plus
Working knowledge of SDLC
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience working with global project teams spread across several time zones
Strong teamwork, communication and time management abilities a must
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.
About BlackRock BlackRock's purpose is to help more and more people experience financial well-being. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading provider of financial technology, our clients turn to us for the solutions they need when planning for their most important goals. As of September 30, 2020, the firm managed approximately $7.81 trillion in assets on behalf of investors worldwide.
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