About this role
About BlackRock
BlackRock’s Fixed Income team runs more than $1 trillion in global fixed income assets across index, active long-only, alternative, and liability driven strategies. The platform offers fixed income investors one of the industry's broadest array of investment choices across model-based and fundamental investment styles.
With over $400 billion in assets under management, the BlackRock Financial Institutions Group is seeking a highly motivated Associate to join the BlackRock Financial Institutions Group in India within the Portfolio Management Group (PMG), supporting portfolio management, trading, client deliverables, and business operations as a developer and application developer.
About the Role
We are hiring a technically strong and intellectually curious Analyst to join the newly formed Technology Division within the FIG Fixed Income team. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about engineering scalable, production-ready tools and applications that support investment decision-making, operational efficiency, and portfolio analytics.
You will work at the intersection of technology and investment management, partnering with portfolio managers, product strategists, and global technology teams. We are looking for someone who brings engineering discipline, deep programming skills, and a product mindset to financial systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Application & Tool Development: Design and implement robust, scalable applications using Python, including the use of frameworks like Streamlit for front-end interfaces where applicable.
- Engineering Excellence: Apply test-driven development (TDD), write unit and integration tests, and enforce high standards in code quality, modularity, and documentation.
- Architecture & Codebase Stewardship: Contribute to a well-structured and maintainable Python codebase; use Git and Azure DevOps for version control, CI/CD pipelines, and release management.
- Technology Governance: Support the Program Manager in implementing and maintaining a technology governance framework, including documentation, versioning, peer reviews, and compliance practices.
- Citizen Developer Support: Provide guidance, tooling, and codebase templates to a community of citizen developers across FIG, enabling innovation while maintaining standards.
- Data Management: Design and query relational databases (SQL) to support application workflows; exposure to Snowflake is a plus.
- API Integration & Development: Design and consume RESTful APIs to integrate with internal and external data services; ensure secure, reliable, and scalable communication between components.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with globally distributed stakeholders – portfolio managers, developers, operations – to deliver impactful solutions in a collaborative, agile environment.
- Automation & Integration: Identify opportunities to automate repetitive processes, streamline analytics workflows, and integrate systems into a cohesive platform.
- Insight Delivery (Secondary Focus): Support reporting and visualization efforts using Tableau or Power BI, primarily to supplement application workflows.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 1–3 years of hands-on experience in Python software engineering.
- Demonstrated experience with test-driven development (TDD), writing unit tests, and following coding best practices in collaborative codebases.
- Strong understanding of object-oriented design, modular architecture, and scalable application development.
- Proficiency with SQL and relational databases; understanding of schema design, optimization, and querying.
- Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines; preferably using Azure DevOps or similar tools.
- Experience building or consuming REST APIs using Python frameworks.
- Familiarity with authentication mechanisms (OAuth, API keys), error handling, and best practices for API design.
- Self-starter with the ability to take ownership of complex projects with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work with stakeholders across time zones and communicate technical topics clearly.
- Strong interpersonal skills, collaborates well across teams, manages expectations, and responds proactively.
- Demonstrated project ownership and basic planning/documentation capabilities.
Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills
- Exposure to Snowflake or cloud-native data warehousing platforms.
- Experience with cloud environments, preferably Microsoft Azure.
- Understanding of or interest in Fixed Income markets and investment strategies.
- Exposure to GenAI or NLP concepts, tools, or LLM-based automation.
- Familiarity with Streamlit, Power BI, or Tableau for lightweight front-end development or visualization.
- Experience working in an agile or DevOps-driven environment.
What You’ll Gain
- A high-impact, developer-first role embedded within a world-class investment team.
- The opportunity to apply modern software practices in a high-stakes, data-rich domain.
- Direct interaction with global stakeholders, contributing to investment outcomes and strategic priorities.
- A dynamic, learning-driven environment at the leading edge of finance and technology.
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.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
BlackRock 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.
