Associate - Frontend Software Engineer - React - SpiderRock Advisors

## About This Role We are looking for a Frontend Software Engineer to help build and enhance our internal platform which supports operations, sales, and portfolio management workflows. In this role, you will create intuitive user experiences that help investment professionals analyze data, manage strategies, and make informed decisions. This is an opportunity to work on complex, business-critical applications in a fast-paced environment, partnering closely with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful technology. At BlackRock, your work will combine the scale and stability of a global firm with the ownership and innovation of a product-driven engineering team. ## About You - Tenacious: You excel in a fast-paced, highly complex environment and persist in solving tough challenges. - Creative problem solver: You analyze multiple solutions and deploy technologies in a flexible way to tackle problems efficiently. - Collaborative teammate: You think and work collaboratively, communicate effectively, and inspire those around you. - Fast learner: You pick up new concepts quickly and apply them to your work with minimal guidance. ## What You’ll Do - Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering ways of working, including CI/CD, automated testing, and best practices. - Design and build complex, workflow-driven user interfaces using TypeScript and React. - Drive performance optimization, maintainability, and architectural consistency across applications. - Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver business-critical enhancements. ## Skills and Experience - Strong expertise in TypeScript and React. - Expertise building and maintaining tooling for TypeScript projects, such as build systems, testing frameworks, and developer workflows. - Experience building large-scale, production-grade front-end applications. - Deep understanding of UI architecture, state management, and performance optimization. - UX expertise, including experience designing intuitive applications that distill complex, real-time data into clear, actionable user experiences, with a strong focus on user productivity. - Ability to take ownership of parts of a SaaS product, including production monitoring and incident resolution. - Demonstrable experience building modern software using engineering tools such as Git, unit testing and integration testing tools, and mocking frameworks. - Background in building high-quality software using design-focused and test-driven approaches. - Strong analytical and software design skills, with an emphasis on writing well-tested code. - Ability to form positive relationships with partnering teams, sponsors, and user groups. ## Nice to Have - Familiarity with visual regression testing and unit testing. - Knowledge of functional programming, including RxJS. - Experience working with REST APIs and WebSockets. - Understanding of financial markets and industry workflows. ## Compensation and Benefits For Chicago, IL, the salary range for this position is USD $120,000.00 - $148,000.00. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. Benefits include a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents, and Flexible Time Off. ## Work Model BlackRock’s hybrid work model currently requires employees 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.