Software Engineer, VP - Business Finance Technology
Blackstone7 days ago
Base Salary
$160k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture and technical design of finance and operations oversight, calculation, process-automation, and data platforms.
- Write production code in Python and SQL and build cloud-based services, APIs, and data pipelines.
- Lead architecture and code reviews while balancing performance, scalability, maintainability, and cost.
- Migrate legacy processes and tools to modern code-based platforms.
- Partner with Finance, Operations, Product Managers, and Data Engineering stakeholders on requirements, priorities, and roadmap trade-offs.
- Set engineering standards for code quality, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and production support.
- Maintain reliability through monitoring, incident management, performance tuning, and disaster recovery readiness.
- Meet internal controls, audit, and regulatory requirements in partnership with Information Security and Risk.
- Mentor and develop engineers, assist with hiring, and set technical direction for offshore and affiliate teams.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with recent hands-on development in Python and SQL.
- Track record of designing and delivering enterprise-grade platforms in financial services, ideally in finance, accounting, or fund operations.
- Strong background in application architecture, APIs, data pipelines, and cloud-native development.
- Working knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure as code, and production operations.
- Experience leading or mentoring engineers, including distributed or offshore teams.
- Ability to work with senior stakeholders, clarify ambiguous requirements, and make pragmatic reliability-focused trade-offs.
- Experience applying AI or LLM-based tools to automate business processes.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred.
- Preferred experience includes real estate or private equity, performance calculations, deal lifecycle, forecasting, investor reporting, general ledger integrations, data warehouses, financial reporting systems, workflow orchestration, distributed systems, or DevSecOps practices.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and FSA health benefits.
- Paid time off, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan.
- Discretionary bonuses and possible equity or other incentive compensation at Blackstone's discretion.
- Expected annual base salary range of $160,000-$250,000; roles outside the US follow a separate local-market compensation process.
About Blackstone
Blackstone is a public alternative asset manager that invests across real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, secondaries, and hedge funds for institutional and individual investors. It raises and manages investment funds and earns management and performance fees tied to investment outcomes. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in New York, it reports over $1.3 trillion in assets under management and trades on the NYSE under the ticker BX.