Associate Database Platform Developer

BlackRock is a company dedicated to helping people experience financial well-being. They are seeking an Associate Database Platform Developer to design, build, and maintain database-centric tooling and services that improve scalability and reliability across the database estate.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of internal database tooling, services, and automation used for provisioning, access management, schema changes, and operational validation
• Develop and enhance scripts, services, and utilities using Python, Perl, Java, or similar languages under the guidance of senior engineers
• Support ongoing modernization efforts by assisting with migration of legacy scripts and workflows into more scalable, service-based or API-driven solutions
• Assist application teams with database-related development needs, including schema design support, SQL review, and adherence to database development standards
• Help implement and maintain guardrails, validations, and checks that promote performance, reliability, and security across database platforms
• Learn and apply best practices across relational and cloud database technologies
• Support automation efforts focused on reducing manual operational work and improving consistency across environments
• Participate in incident analysis and contribute code fixes or tooling enhancements that prevent recurrence
• Help improve observability and transparency of database platforms through logging, monitoring integration, and tooling enhancements
• Work collaboratively with global DBA, platform, and application engineering teams across time zones
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and team knowledge-sharing forums
• Build technical depth across database platforms, development practices, and enterprise tooling

Skills

• Experience with one or more programming languages such as Python, Perl, or Java
• Basic understanding of relational database concepts including tables, indexes, transactions, and SQL
• Familiarity with software development fundamentals including version control, code reviews, and testing
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn enterprise database platforms and tooling
• Ability to work effectively in a team-based, large-scale technology environment
• Exposure to database platforms such as SQL Server, Snowflake, or similar enterprise databases
• Experience supporting or maintaining internal tools, scripts, or shared libraries
• Familiarity with APIs, automation frameworks, or CI/CD pipelines
• Interest in platform engineering, automation, and reducing operational toil through code

Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus
• Healthcare
• Leave benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Strong retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive healthcare
• Support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)

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