Lead Platform Engineer -Vice President

BlackRock•New York, NY

1d•$162,000 - $215,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Vice President – Lead Platform Engineer will drive the strategy, architecture, and delivery of next-generation engineering capabilities on Aladdin. The role is responsible for building scalable, governed, event-driven data ecosystems that power investment, analytics, and reporting platforms with high-quality, near-real-time data. The position leads the design and delivery of enterprise-grade platforms that serve as building blocks for the business. It champions modern architecture patterns, including event-driven and streaming frameworks, and establishes platform-as-a-product principles and governance frameworks. As a senior technical leader, the role partners across engineering, product, and platform organizations. The role provides technical leadership, mentorship, and direction to high-performing engineering teams; influences enterprise architecture and platform strategy; and drives adoption of scalable, reusable, standardized solutions. It ensures platform engineering initiatives align with business outcomes, particularly in financial services and investment domains.

Requirements

Extensive experience in platform engineering, distributed systems, and modern event-driven solutions such as Kafka.
Strong expertise in programming with Python, Java, or Scala.
Proven track record of building and scaling production-grade platforms.
Experience with streaming and event-driven architecture.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in financial services or asset management.

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 using streaming platforms such as Kafka and modern processing frameworks.
Establish 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.
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 platform engineering initiatives align with business outcomes, particularly in financial services and investment domains.