About this role

Development Lead

Your role and impact:
In the Aladdin Engineering Alternatives department, we are seeking a Development Lead to establish, and grow, our Software Engineering team in Gurgaon! This new team will work on evolving our private market’s product, e Front Invest, which is industry leading software providing end-to-end solutions for the Alternative Investment players.
Fully integrated into our Aladdin e Front Engineering Team, you are exposed to both the technical and functional layers of our most innovative products, while acquiring outstanding abilities in the fast-growing Private Credit industry, and Alternative Investments in general. You are part of an international and diverse environment, with a strong drive for technical innovation.
About you:
You have a strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle in an Agile organization.
As a Development Manager your role will involve mentoring and guiding junior talent to deliver impactful outcomes for the business.
You will also be hands on and as a Senior Developer your role consists of analysing, refining, implementing, and validating new features as well as leading and strengthening our Database management policies with a strong focus on improving the processes. You will collaborate with other development teams, business partners and QA team members in delivering high quality software.

Curious and eager to learn new things, with a healthy disrespect for the status quo.

Willing to embrace work outside of your comfort zone, and open to mentorship from others; you make mistakes but learn from them.

Passionate about technology, with personal ownership for the work you do

Data-focused, with an eye for the details that matter to seek the problem.

Technologies and Concepts involved:

C#, with Visual Studio

VB .Net

.Net Framework, .Net Core (.Net)

MS SQL Server:

TypeScript / JavaScript / CSS / Html

Cloud based services, AWS, Azure, Cloud-Native distributed containerized microservice orchestration

Agile (Scrum)

What will you be doing?
You are building new features, from their conception up to their deployment in production. You handle aspects of a SaaS product, including production monitoring and incident resolution on the cloud platform.
You are also contributing to the improvement of the team methodologies: continuous integration/continuous delivery, automated testing, standard processes' definition.
As an active member of the Alternative Engineering team, you are collaborating with different groups, full of hardworking, forward-thinking people with an outstanding innovation spirit.
You have:

Bachelor or Master in Engineering, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, or related software engineering background

Experience in team and people management in an engineering environment

Significant, demonstrable experience in software development

Ability to autonomously dig into an existing codebase and understand its concepts.

Curiosity about the functional part of the product, base knowledge about the Finance industry will be highly appreciated.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; proactive approach with ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously.

Proficient English, both written and spoken

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

Black Rock’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 Black Rock.

About Black Rock

At Black Rock, 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.

For additional information on Black Rock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

Black Rock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.