Data Governance Associate Job in Mumbai at BlackRock Careers

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Researching on the availability, quality, and liquidity of the market data from different providers.
• Designing and implementing the processes of loading and digesting the market data required for the analytics in Aladdin.
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining the orchestration of inter-dependent jobs performing loading and further flow of the data through various analytical processes in Aladdin.
• Designing, implementing, and maintaining the processes for QC-ing the data (both the raw market input as well as the derived analytics), model surveillance, and performance monitoring.
• Maintaining the framework of the jobs which load and process the data; investigating the issues/errors / thresholds breaking, etc.; appropriate reaction to the failure-indicating events.
• Thought Leadership: Keep abreast of recent trends in technology, quantitative finance, capital markets and regulation. Bring the latest techniques to bear on the problems we face in our day-to-day work.

Requirements:

• A Degree in a Quantitative Field: An undergraduate degree is required. An advanced degree is a plus, but mathematical maturity matters far more than formal qualifications.
• A Passion for Programming: Programming is at the heart of everything we do. You must enjoy it to succeed on this team.
• Exposure to an “industrial strength” Programming Language: While C++ is our language of choice, experience with writing performant code is what we’re really after.
• An Analytical Cast of Mind: Whether you have a PhD in Physics or merely read math books for fun (we have both types on the team), a keen interest in solving analytical problems is key.
• Excellent Communication Skills: You will be expected to explain complex concepts to non-technical people in simple, intuitive terms.
• A Sense of Humor: We don’t take ourselves too seriously, and hopefully neither do you.