About this role

ITE Portfolio Management - Full Stack Java Software Development Manager, VP

Location: Mexico City

The team is looking for a hands-on and experienced software development manager who will be responsible for leading a team of developers, overseeing technical projects, and driving the overall success of our strategic product to expand our Aladdin Platform. Working with a distributed team, you will be part of an outstanding group of engineers setting and evolving the technology direction for our internal developer systems and SDLC.

As a key member of our engineering team, you will be encouraged to bring your ideas forward to help craft the technical solutions. You will need to have excellent interpersonal skills and be comfortable communicating your ideas to inquisitive senior leaders. The position places heavy emphasis on both technical expertise in full-stack Java and effective people management skills, combined with the ability to mentor and motivate a team of developer, foster collaboration, and ensure the successful delivery of projects.

This position pertains to full-stack Java development and will have exposure to industry-standard technologies, such as Azure Cloud, Angular, Kafka, Snowflake, Apache Ignite, ZooKeeper, Spring, GIT/ADO, Solr, Cassandra and more. The role will also afford the chance to learn about the financial industry, specifically the sophisticated world of risk management, valuations, and operations.

What will you be doing?

• Hands-on development while leading other developers to build our next-generation Portfolio Management platform.
• Deliver new functionality into a microservice-based architecture.
• Contribute to team's agile delivery process, completing sprint tasks and writing high-quality code, unit tests, and automated integration tests to move features to production.
• Provide high-quality technical feedback to team discussions on system design, seeing those efforts all the way through to final delivery.
• Set clear objectives, establish performance expectations, conduct regular performance evaluations, and provide constructive feedback to team members.
• Mentor junior members of the team, providing code style and architectural input through pair programming, reviewing pull requests and team meetings.
• Collaborate with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment, proactively manage any conflicts or issues that may arise within the team.
• Understand and refine business and functional requirements and convert them into scalable technical design.
• Apply validated quality software engineering practices through all phases of development.
• Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, dev ops and level two production support.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in computer science, information technology, or a similar field.
• Strong experience with delivering large-scale systems using micro-service architecture, REST API's, gRPC, protocol buffers, and event streaming platforms like Kafka.
• Knowledge of SQL, NoSQL, and cloud-based database (Snowflake) technologies.
• Familiarity with using modern DevOps tools, CI/CD pipelines, and version control tools like Git.
• Solid experience in a leadership or managerial role, effectively managing and leading a team of developers.
• Strong interpersonal skills to be impactful in global context.
• Domain expertise in financial services and products is an added advantage.
• Experience with coaching & mentoring junior developers.
• Strong foundation in Java and related technologies.
• 9 years+ Experience with either front-end web development (such as Angular, React Type Script) or distributed computing technologies (such as Apache Ignite), or both.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to multi-task and work in a high-pressure environment.
• Taking ownership and following through on issues to closure and root cause resolution.

Nice to have:

• Some experience or a real interest in finance, investment or portfolio management processes.
• Experience with Cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure.
• Open source publish-subscribe frameworks like apache kafka.

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.