UX Engineer

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View more categories View less categories Sector Banking and Financial Services Role Professional Contract Type Permanent Hours Full Time

About this role

The UX Engineering team is dedicated to enhancing user experiences across Aladdin applications. This team is part of the Channels & Experience division and focuses on implementing UX and Visual Design specifications across the Aladdin Experience Framework (AXF), a suite of reusable web, mobile and desktop tooling, including the Aladdin Design System.

UX Engineers are responsible for building and enhancing our products using modern technologies to build reusable, accessible and scalable tools across various platforms to enable developers to build applications that are a joy to use.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and enhance the Aladdin Design System to ensure consistency across all platforms.
  
• Maintain and enhance other web/desktop/mobile products within the Aladdin Experience Framework
  
• Collaborate with cross-functional, cross-region teams to design and develop modern web applications
  
• Ensure all implementations comply with visual, user experience and web accessibility standards and guidelines.
  
• Participate in routine releases of software developed by the team
  
• Provide routine technical support to stakeholder teams and other developers that leverage our technology to build their applications
  
• Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in user experience and web development.
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or other relevant qualification
  
• 1-3 years of professional experience as an engineer
  
• Proven experience in modern web technologies
  

Required:

• Angular, React, HTML, SASS, JavaScript, TypeScript, NodeJS, web components,
  

Nice to have:

• StencilJS or other web-component technologies
  
• Cypress
  
• NX, Lerna or other repository management tools
  
• Familiarity with ag-grid, Highcharts and other 3rd party visualization libraries
  
• Proficient in software developer tools and IDEs (Git and version control management; IDEs e.g. VS Code)
  
• Basic understanding of user experience guidelines and best practices.
  
• Knowledge of design systems and accessibility standards
  
• Exceptional attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
  
• Experience with automated testing
  
• Ability to review and provide constructive feedback on pull requests.
  
• Strong communication and collaboration skills especially for a global team that operates across many time zones
  
• Strong ability to balance working independently with collaborating
  
• Willingness to learn new skills/technologies to improve user and developer experience
  

Preferred Skills:

• Understanding of responsive design.
  
• Knowledge of performance optimization techniques.
  
• Basic understanding of generative AI concepts, tools for productivity and common use cases/applications
  

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; 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 Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.

Company

About Us

BlackRock's purpose is to help more and more people experience financial well-being. We serve pension plans providing for nurses, teachers, firefighters, law enforcement and other public and private sector workers, individual investors investing for their own retirement, and institutions such as governments, foundations and insurance companies. Clients turn to BlackRock for the innovative solutions they need when planning for their most important goals. We are passionate about helping those we serve build a strong financial future, so we seek out a diverse range of perspectives and talents to solve their most complex challenges.

While our firm has offices across more than 30 countries, we operate as "One BlackRock:" our people thrive on collaboration, mutual trust and respect, and we inspire each other to collectively raise our game. BlackRock is dedicated to its principles, which include a culture of equity and inclusion, where employees can bring their full selves to every conversation, every day.

Our employee networks

Our global networks are dynamic communities built on shared experiences, intersectionality and allyship. They are culture carriers for the firm, offering employees and allies the opportunity to enhance and shape the inclusive culture to which we aspire. Employee networks are sponsored by senior leaders and are proudly designed by employees, for employees.

The Ability & Allies Network (ABN) provides a sense of community, advocacy, resources and support for all types of disability-related issues within the firm.

Awards:

2022 Disability:IN Disability Equality Index

BlackRock was recognised as one of the Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion after scoring 100% on the Disability Equality Index. The index is a joint initiative between the American Association of People with Disabilities and Disability:IN. that helps companies build a roadmap of measurable, tangible actions that they can take to achieve disability inclusion and equality.

Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2022 - US & UK

This recognition is a result of the feedback provided by current and former colleagues about their experiences working at BlackRock. Ranking in the US and in the UK.

Capital Markets Industry 2023

BlackRock was named one of America's Most JUST Companies for the 3rd consecutive year, according to Forbes and JUST Capital. We ranked in the Capital Markets industry. The 2023 list of America's Most JUST Companies celebrates U.S. corporations that outperform their peers in the Russell 1000 on the priorities of the American people - including issues like fair pay, ethical leadership, good benefits and work-life balance, equal opportunity, customer treatment and privacy, community support, environmental impact, and delivering shareholder return. By balancing the needs of all stakeholders, JUST 100 companies demonstrate that profits and purpose can go hand in hand.

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