Description
The Vice President – Lead Platform Engineer will drive the strategy, architecture, and delivery of next-generation engineering capabilities on Aladdin.
This role is responsible for building scalable, governed, and event-driven data ecosystems that power investment, analytics, and reporting platforms with high-quality, near real-time data.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the data platform engineering strategy around event-driven systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
- Lead development of event-driven architectures leveraging streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka) and modern processing frameworks.
- Establish robust data governance, quality, lineage, and observability practices across the platform.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to align platform capabilities with business and investment use cases.
- Promote engineering excellence through CI/CD, automation, and standardized development practices.
Leadership & Impact
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and direction to high-performing engineering teams.
- Influence enterprise architecture and platform strategy decisions.
- Drive adoption of scalable, reusable, and standardized solutions across the organization.
- Ensure alignment between platform engineering initiatives and business outcomes, particularly in financial services and investment domains.
Qualifications
- Extensive experience in platform engineering, distributed systems, and modern event-driven solutions (e.g., Kafka).
- Strong expertise in programming (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 preferred.
Benefits
- Salary range: USD$162,000.00 - USD$215,000.00
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Healthcare
- Leave benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)