Associate Database Platform Developer

About this role Associate, Database Platform Development   Role Summary   We are seeking an Associate Database Platform Developer to help design, build, and maintain   database centric   tooling and services that improve scalability, reliability, and developer productivity across the database estate. This role sits within the Database Platform Development function and focuses on software development, automation, and platform enablement rather than traditional   day to day   database administration.   The role works closely with senior engineers, application teams, and infrastructure partners to modernize legacy tooling, automate operational workflows, and support database platform initiatives.

Platform and Tooling Development   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.   Database Engineering Support   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.   Automation and Reliability   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.   Collaboration and Growth   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.

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.     
For Wilmington, DE Only the salary range for this position is USD$0.00 - USD$0.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance. Our benefits To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible