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BlackRock · New York, NY · Senior Level · Executive and general management · posted yesterday
BlackRock · Chicago, IL · posted 33 days ago
By AtiveSite · Published 07/11/2026 · Updated 08/11/2026 · Every figure is linked to its source below.
| Employer | BlackRock |
|---|---|
| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Field | Technology › Software engineering |
| Level | Senior Level |
| Source category | Software Engineering |
| Posted | 2026-10-06 (33 days ago) |
| Work arrangement | On-site at the location listed |
| Pay | Not published in the source listing |
About this role
Associate Engineer - BlackRock SMA Solutions
About BlackRock SMA Solutions:
At BlackRock SMA Solutions, our strategies are designed to put our clients' and their clients' interests at the center of our investment advice; to minimize costs and taxes; and to incorporate each client's unique values-aligned preferences into their investment portfolio. We are a purposefully growing quantitative, multi-asset investment management business specializing in managing customized portfolios tax efficiently.
Technology is central to the success of the SMA business: on a daily basis our technology platform loads portfolio data; we raise and execute orders on our clients' behalf; we gather security, index, and other essential reference data; we produce rich analytics to highlight risks; and we enable a strong investment research capability.
We are looking for talented and passionate engineers who like to innovate and seek complex problems. We recognize that strength comes from teams with a variety of perspectives, and will embrace your unique skills, curiosity, drive, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow technically and as an individual. We are committed to open source and we regularly give our work back to the community. Engineers looking to work in the areas of orchestration, data modeling, data pipelines, APIs, storage, distribution, distributed computation, consumption and infrastructure are ideal candidates.
About this Role:
We are expanding our team of engineers that owns and operates this extensive technology platform. As a member of this team, you will build, enhance, and support a wide variety of micro-services that enable financial portfolio construction, data integrations to connect diverse systems, and real-time operational workflows. You will work with your team and your stakeholders to ensure that platform capabilities address business needs in a complete and timely manner, with validated quality.
Requirements:
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How Chicago compares. Among the 100 largest places in Illinois, Chicago is #1 by population, #96 for homeownership (#1 = highest), #87 for long commutes (#1 = fewest), #22 for remote work (#1 = most). Its county, Cook County, is #2 of 102 counties for average pay ($86,931).
Chicago has 2,711,226 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 21.4% of the population of Illinois. It covers 228 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 11,904 people per square mile. The median age is 35.8, 8% younger than the state median (35.8 against 39.0).
The median gross rent is $1,440 a month (rent plus utilities), 13% above the state median ($1,440 against $1,274). Over a year that is 22.2% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $334,100, which is 4.3 times the median household income ($77,902). 46.0% of households own their home, 31% below the state average (46.0% against 67.1%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.
The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area has 4,513,280 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $54,720 a year, 7% above the national median ($54,720 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (488,940 jobs, median $48,840); transportation and material moving (484,580 jobs, median $45,920); management (404,010 jobs, median $131,890). The area is most specialised in management (1.2 times) and transportation and material moving (1.2 times), where the share of workers is above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($131,890) and legal ($112,440). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Cook County was 4.7%. 67.5% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Cook County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.
Among workers, 44.8% drive alone, 17.7% use public transit, 5.8% walk, 21.0% work from home. 27.5% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 39% above the state average (27.5% against 19.7%). Remote work is more common than in the state as a whole, which widens the set of employers a resident can work for without moving.
44.3% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 17% above the state share (44.3% against 37.9%). 20.9% of residents were born outside the United States, 42% above the state share (20.9% against 14.8%). The poverty rate is 16.8%, 43% above the state rate (16.8% against 11.8%).
The warmest month is Aug, averaging 73°F (22.6°C), and the coolest is Jan at 28°F (-2.5°C). About 981 mm (39 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; May is the wettest month (117 mm) and Jan the driest (48 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.
Closest cities in this guide: Cicero (4 miles, rent 20% lower); Berwyn (5 miles, rent 16% lower); Oak Park (6 miles, rent 11% higher); Burbank (8 miles, rent 12% lower). Rent differences are against Chicago; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.
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| Place ⇅ | Distance from the job city ⇅ | Median rent ⇅ | Median home value ⇅ | Median household income ⇅ | Commute 45+ min ⇅ | Rent as % of occupation pay ⇅ | Open jobs there ⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | 0 mi | $1,440 | $334,100 | $77,902 | 27.5% | n/a | Jobs |
| Cicero, IL | 4 mi | $1,154 | $249,400 | $70,842 | 20.3% | n/a | — |
| Berwyn, IL | 5 mi | $1,215 | $299,800 | $78,408 | 21.3% | n/a | — |
| Oak Park, IL | 6 mi | $1,593 | $465,500 | $110,820 | 28.9% | n/a | — |
| Burbank, IL | 8 mi | $1,265 | $275,700 | $80,116 | 26.7% | n/a | — |
| Elmwood Park, IL | 9 mi | $1,334 | $339,300 | $91,955 | 31.4% | n/a | — |
| Oak Lawn, IL | 9 mi | $1,335 | $281,200 | $83,911 | 27.4% | n/a | — |
| Melrose Park, IL | 10 mi | $1,176 | $275,800 | $66,189 | 16.8% | n/a | — |
| Elmhurst, IL | 14 mi | $1,975 | $545,400 | $149,644 | 24.5% | n/a | — |
| Skokie, IL | 14 mi | $1,552 | $387,200 | $95,337 | 21.0% | n/a | — |
| Evanston, IL | 14 mi | $1,762 | $481,200 | $96,434 | 21.6% | n/a | — |
| Park Ridge, IL | 15 mi | $1,537 | $551,200 | $142,986 | 22.2% | n/a | — |
| Niles, IL | 15 mi | $1,336 | $358,700 | $75,274 | 17.9% | n/a | — |
| Westmont, IL | 15 mi | $1,533 | $379,100 | $88,090 | 17.1% | n/a | — |
| Morton Grove, IL | 15 mi | $2,164 | $389,100 | $111,116 | 21.8% | n/a | — |
| Oak Forest, IL | 16 mi | $1,328 | $255,100 | $91,990 | 27.3% | n/a | — |
| Wilmette, IL | 17 mi | $1,978 | $810,600 | $190,662 | 32.6% | n/a | — |
| Lombard, IL | 17 mi | $1,948 | $335,700 | $100,362 | 16.2% | n/a | — |
| Downers Grove, IL | 18 mi | $1,656 | $449,800 | $115,114 | 20.8% | n/a | — |
| Des Plaines, IL | 18 mi | $1,606 | $335,600 | $97,875 | 18.6% | n/a | — |
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How far Chicago, IL is from the 20 largest US cities, in straight-line miles (not driving distance). Click a column to sort.
| From ⇅ | Straight-line distance (miles) ⇅ | Population of that city ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | 0 mi | 2,711,226 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 164 mi | 885,860 |
| Columbus, OH | 277 mi | 914,802 |
| Charlotte, NC | 589 mi | 903,844 |
| Philadelphia, PA | 667 mi | 1,579,706 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 688 mi | 697,125 |
| New York, NY | 718 mi | 8,483,844 |
| Dallas, TX | 799 mi | 1,307,930 |
| Fort Worth, TX | 820 mi | 963,194 |
| Jacksonville, FL | 862 mi | 977,670 |
| Denver, CO | 909 mi | 718,877 |
| Houston, TX | 937 mi | 2,328,253 |
| Austin, TX | 974 mi | 979,539 |
| San Antonio, TX | 1,048 mi | 1,479,835 |
| Phoenix, AZ | 1,445 mi | 1,642,323 |
| San Diego, CA | 1,724 mi | 1,389,526 |
| Seattle, WA | 1,732 mi | 754,195 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1,749 mi | 3,857,263 |
| San Jose, CA | 1,832 mi | 990,138 |
| San Francisco, CA | 1,885 mi | 830,235 |
| City ⇅ | Straight-line distance ⇅ | Open jobs ⇅ |
|---|---|---|
| Arlington Heights, IL | 24 mi | 10 |
| Deerfield, IL | 24 mi | 2 |
| Hoffman Estates, IL | 28 mi | 2 |
| Aurora, IL | 32 mi | 3 |
| Wauwatosa, WI | 87 mi | 1 |
| Holland, MI | 103 mi | 2 |
| Kalamazoo, MI | 112 mi | 2 |
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