BlackRock is an innovative financial services company specializing in risk and valuation models. The Security Modeling Quant Developer role involves developing and enhancing quantitative financial models, implementing models into production quality code, and providing analytical support for internal and external clients.
Responsibilities
- Develop and enhance quantitative financial models across the entire spectrum of our team’s remit
- Apply advanced mathematical techniques to real world financial problems
- Examples include interest rate modeling, building curves, developing bond analytics, expanding coverage to new derivative types etc
- Implement your models into a production quality code within our quant library
- Participate in internal and external client calls and on-site visits in support of the Aladdin business
- Address complex analytics queries
- Keep abreast of contemporary trends in quantitative finance, capital markets and regulation
- Bring the latest techniques to bear on the problems we face in our day-to-day work
Skills
- A Degree in a Quantitative Field: An advanced degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, or similar is required
- A strong interest in finance coupled with strength in mathematics is expected
- Ability to write robust and efficient code implementing the models. We build analytics using C++; however, expertise in using a different object-oriented language and writing performant code may be sufficient
- Comfort with solving hard analytical problems and dealing with ambiguity
- Excellent communication skills are required. You will be expected to explain complex concepts to non-technical people in simple, intuitive terms
Benefits
- Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus
- Benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits
- A strong retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Comprehensive healthcare
- Support for working parents
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
- 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
Company Overview
BlackRock is an investment company that offers its services to institutions, intermediaries, foundations, and individual investors. It was founded in 1988, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.blackrock.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
BlackRock has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 18 in 2025, 34 in 2024, 7 in 2023, 37 in 2022, 31 in 2021, 27 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.