About this role

As a Vice President of Software Engineering, you will be a senior technical leader responsible for the architecture, delivery, and operational excellence of the backend platform. You will lead and mentor a team of software engineers, drive technical strategy, collaborate with senior stakeholders across the business, and ensure our platform scales to meet the evolving needs of alternative investment professionals.

This role demands a unique combination of deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, leadership capability, and business acumen. You will be accountable for critical platform components, technical decisions with firm-wide impact, and the professional development of your team members.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Define and evolve thetechnical architecturefor the backend platform

• Drive architectural decisions for microservices ecosystem, ensuring scalability, resilience, and performance

• Lead the strategic direction of thecalculation engine

• Oversee integration architecture with enterprise analytics platforms and other BlackRock systems

• Champion engineering best practices including code quality, testing standards, security, and observability

• Evaluate and introduce new technologies, frameworks, and patterns that advance platform capabilities

• Provide technical guidance on complex system design challenges and trade-off decisions

• Ensure architectural alignment with BlackRock's enterprise architecture standards and cloud strategy

• Drive technical innovation while maintaining stability and reliability of production systems

• Lead disaster recovery, business continuity, and high-availability strategy

Team Leadership & Development

• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing team of8-15+ software engineersacross multiple experience levels

• Set clear team goals, deliverables, and performance expectations aligned with business priorities

• Conduct performance reviews, career development discussions, and succession planning

• Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, and psychological safety

• Recruit top engineering talent through technical interviews and employer branding

• Develop technical competencies within the team through mentorship, training, and knowledge sharing

• Remove blockers and create conditions for team success

• Build strong collaborative relationships across engineering, product, and business teams

• Champion agile practices and ensure efficient delivery processes

Delivery & Execution

• Ensure timely, high-quality delivery of platform features and enhancements

• Drive sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and release management

• Oversee production operations, incident management, and system reliability (SLAs/SLOs)

• Manage technical dependencies across multiple teams and platforms

• Balance technical debt management with feature development

• Ensure comprehensive testing strategies (>90% coverage for critical paths)

• Drive automation of build, test, deployment, and monitoring processes

• Lead post-incident reviews and implement preventative measures

• Monitor platform performance, cost optimization, and resource utilization

• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and audit requirements

Stakeholder Management & Communication

• Partner with Product Management to define technical roadmaps and feature priorities

• Communicate technical strategy and progress to senior leadership (MDs, SVPs, C-level)

• Collaborate with enterprise architects on firm-wide technical initiatives

• Build relationships with business stakeholders to understand needs and gather requirements

• Represent the engineering team in cross-functional forums and steering committees

• Articulate technical concepts and trade-offs to non-technical audiences

• Manage expectations and negotiate scope, timelines, and resource allocation

• Contribute to technical thought leadership through presentations, documentation, and knowledge sharing

• Engage with vendors and third-party technology partners as needed

Required Qualifications

Experience & Background

• 5-10+ yearsof professional software engineering experience

• 5+ yearsin technical leadership roles (Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or equivalent)

• 3+ yearsexperience leading teams of 5+ engineers

• Proven track record of deliveringlarge-scale, mission-critical systemsin production

• Deep expertise inenterprise-grade distributed systemsand microservices architectures

• Strong background infinancial services technology(investment management, banking, fintech preferred)

• Experience withcloud-native architectureson Azure

• Demonstrated success inscaling systemsto handle high transaction volumes and data throughput

Technical Expertise

Core Technologies (Expert Level)

• C#and.NET ecosystem(.NET Core/.NET 8.0) - expert proficiency

• ASP.NET CoreWeb API design and RESTful architecture

• Entity Framework Coreand advanced ORM patterns

• SQL Serveroptimization, stored procedures, complex queries

• NoSQL databases(MongoDB, Cosmos DB, or similar)

• Microservices architecturepatterns and anti-patterns

• Event-driven architectureand message broker systems (Azure Service Bus, Kafka)

• gRPCand inter-service communication protocols

• DockerandKubernetescontainer orchestration

Cloud & DevOps

• Microsoft Azureservices (extensive experience):

  • Azure App Service, Functions, Service Bus, SignalR

  • Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Redis Cache

  • Application Insights, Key Vault, Azure DevOps

• Infrastructure as Code(Terraform, ARM templates, Bicep)

• CI/CD pipelinesdesign and implementation

• Gitworkflows and branching strategies for large teams

• Monitoring and observability(Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)

• Performance engineeringand scalability optimization

Architecture & Design

• Domain-Driven Design(DDD) and bounded contexts

• Clean/Hexagonal Architectureprinciples

• API design(OpenAPI/Swagger, versioning strategies)

• Authentication/Authorization(OAuth 2.0, JWT, SAML)

• Security architectureand threat modeling

• Data architectureand data modeling

• High availabilityand disaster recovery design

Quality & Testing

• Test-Driven Development(TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)

• Testing strategies(unit, integration, contract, end-to-end, performance)

• Code reviewpractices and quality gates

• Static analysistools and code quality metrics

• Performance testingand load testing frameworks

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. 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. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

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BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.