Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, commensurate with experience

About the Role
BlackRock is one of the world's leading providers of investment, advisory, and risk management solutions. Our clients access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs. BlackRock's Global Cash Management business is a dynamic area of growth, managing over $1 trillion in cash assets (as of 31 December 2025). With over 30 years of innovation and leadership in cash markets, we combine investment management, distribution, and technology to deliver a safe, effective, and efficient cash management experience for our clients.

We are seeking a Portfolio Architect to join the Global Cash Management team within Cash Portfolio Management. This role focuses on building and enhancing the investment platform, tools, and analytics that support portfolio construction, liquidity management, and trading across global cash strategies. The successful candidate will work closely with senior portfolio managers, traders, risk managers, and BlackRock technology teams to develop scalable solutions that improve efficiency, automation, risk oversight, and portfolio optimization.

The role requires strong technical expertise combined with a deep understanding of financial markets and portfolio construction to develop robust, extensible tools that directly support live portfolio management. Responsibilities include implementing and enhancing portfolio management and analytics tools, developing portfolio engineering algorithms and workflow automation, improving operational processes through data analytics and technology, and integrating solutions into BlackRock's technology ecosystem including Aladdin. The role also involves supporting reporting, analytics, and monitoring frameworks used in daily portfolio oversight while maintaining awareness of regulatory considerations impacting cash portfolios.

Experience
- 3+ years in investment management, trading, or finance-related fields preferred
- Foundational understanding of money markets, fixed income instruments, or liquidity products is a plus
- Strong programming skills in Python (preferred) and/or Java with solid object-oriented programming experience
- Experience with Python libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, large-scale distributed data analytics engines, Streamlit, and working with large datasets and statistical processing
- Familiarity with project management, software development lifecycle (SDLC), version control, and testing frameworks
- Experience with data visualization tools like Tableau and Power BI, and Snowflake

About you
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across investment, risk, and technology teams
- High degree of professional integrity, discretion, and judgment
- Ability to organize and operate effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
- Willingness and capability to adopt, learn, and effectively utilize AI tools to enhance productivity and decision-making

Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Finance, or other quantitative fields