Description
BlackRock's Post Trade & Accounting group is seeking a Vice President-level engineering leader to advance our enterprise Client Reporting platform.
This role encompasses technical leadership, system design, and direct coding responsibilities, enabling the development of robust, event-driven platforms that deliver reliable solutions for institutional and Aladdin clients globally.
You will lead development of core platform capabilities across distributed services and data systems, shaping long-term architecture for a mission-critical platform where scale, accuracy, resiliency, and auditability are essential.
You will also partner across product and operations to drive modernization, automation, and AI-enabled engineering practices.
Responsibilities
- Lead development, architecture, and design of distributed, event-driven systems (Java/Python)
- Evolve scalable microservices and API-first platforms aligned to enterprise strategy
- Architect high-throughput data systems integrating SQL/NoSQL, streaming, and caching technologies
- Drive performance, resiliency, observability, and production excellence
- Provide full-stack technical leadership across backend and frontend (Angular/React)
- Translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions and executable roadmaps
- Manage stakeholders and lead global teams to deliver against strategic milestones
- Lead adoption of AI-assisted SDLC practices (Copilot, Claude, Windsurf, etc.)
- Design safe and scalable LLM integration patterns (prompt engineering, structured outputs, streaming, tool/function calling)
- Architect multi-step or agent-based workflows (e.g., LangChain, Google ADK or equivalent)
- Define shared prompts, agent contracts, and AI governance standards across teams
- Guide teams in translating ambiguous problems into structured, AI-augmentable execution plans
Requirements
- B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 7+ years of progressive software engineering experience with proven leadership of teams or major platforms
- Strong expertise in Java, Python, and distributed systems architecture
- Experience designing highly available, real-time enterprise systems
- Deep understanding of APIs, microservices, data modeling, and scalability patterns
- Experience with SQL, NoSQL, and streaming technologies (e.g., distributed event streaming and messaging platforms, Redis)
- Exposure to cloud-native and DevOps practices (Open Container Initiative (OCI) container image packaging and runtime, Enterprise-grade container orchestration platform supporting declarative infrastructure and horizontal scaling, CI/CD)
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional influence skills
- Demonstrated experience integrating AI into engineering workflows and production platforms
Benefits
- Strong retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Comprehensive healthcare
- Support for working parents
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
Hybrid Work Model
- Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week