BlackRock

Lead Platform Engineer -Vice President

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Base Salary

$162k - $215k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute data platform engineering strategy for scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient event-driven systems.
  • Lead the design and development of enterprise-grade platforms using streaming and event-driven architectures.
  • Establish data governance, quality, lineage, observability, and platform-as-a-product practices.
  • Partner with engineering, product, platform, and cross-functional teams to align capabilities with investment and business use cases.
  • Promote CI/CD, automation, standardized development practices, and engineering excellence.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and direction to engineering teams.
  • Influence enterprise architecture and platform strategy decisions and drive adoption of scalable, reusable solutions.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in platform engineering, distributed systems, and modern event-driven solutions.
  • Strong programming expertise in Python, Java, or Scala.
  • Proven track record of building and scaling production-grade platforms.
  • Experience with streaming and event-driven architecture.
  • Prior experience in financial services or asset management is preferred.

Benefits

  • Annual discretionary bonus eligibility and healthcare, leave, and retirement benefits.
  • Strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents, and Flexible Time Off.
  • Hybrid work model requiring at least 4 days in the office per week with flexibility to work from home 1 day per week; some business groups may require more office time.

Tech Stack

Categories

Data EngineeringDevOps
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About BlackRock

10,000+ employees

BlackRock is a public, New York–based global asset manager and technology provider founded in 1988. It offers investment products—including the iShares ETF franchise—and portfolio and risk management software via the Aladdin platform to institutions, financial advisors, and individual investors, earning primarily management and technology fees. Its shares trade on the NYSE, and the firm serves clients in major markets worldwide.

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