Associate Database Platform Developer at BlackRock in Wilmington, DE

Summary: 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 enhance scalability, reliability, and developer productivity 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 Required Qualifications: - 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 Preferred Qualifications: - 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 Required Skills: Python, Perl, Java, Relational database concepts, SQL, Software development fundamentals, Version control, Code reviews, Testing Benefits: Annual discretionary bonus, Healthcare, Leave benefits, Retirement benefits, Strong retirement plan, Tuition reimbursement, Comprehensive healthcare, Support for working parents, Flexible Time Off (FTO)