Software Engineer, AVP - Business Finance Technology

Blackstone • New Jersey, NJ

1d • $140,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Blackstone Technology & Innovations (BXTI) is the technology team supporting Blackstone’s businesses and growth initiatives, building systems that manage risk, create efficiency, and improve transparency. The team uses iterative design and rapid development, and emphasizes collaboration, mentoring, and taking projects from idea through implementation.

The Software Engineer will help build and scale platforms that power finance and fund operations across Blackstone. The role designs, builds, and supports enterprise finance systems, including process automation, calculation engines, data pipelines, and integrations with upstream and downstream systems. The engineer partners with Finance and Operations teams, including Real Estate and Private Equity, to turn manual and legacy processes into scalable, code-driven solutions. Success is measured by delivering reliable solutions that reduce manual work and accelerate finance and reporting cycles.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of software engineering experience, including recent hands-on development in Python and SQL.
• Experience building and supporting production applications or data platforms, ideally in financial services.
• Solid understanding of APIs, data pipelines, relational databases, and cloud-based development.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, version control, and automated testing.
• Strong problem-solving skills and experience translating complex business logic into clean, maintainable code.
• Clear communication skills and experience working directly with business stakeholders and distributed teams.
• Experience applying AI or LLM-based tools to automate business processes.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• Real estate or private equity experience, including performance calculations, deal lifecycle, forecasting, and investor reporting.
• Experience with finance, accounting, or fund operations systems, such as general ledger integrations or financial reporting.
• Exposure to workflow orchestration, infrastructure as code, or distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain finance oversight, calculation, and process automation platforms supporting firm operations and finance teams.
• Write production code in Python and SQL, and build cloud-based services, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Contribute to architecture discussions and design reviews, and lead technical design for owned features and components.
• Work with Finance and Operations stakeholders to understand business processes and translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Move legacy processes and tools onto modern, code-based platforms.
• Follow and help improve engineering standards for code quality, CI/CD, automated testing, and observability.
• Support production systems through monitoring, troubleshooting, incident resolution, and performance tuning.
• Build controls, audit, and security requirements into solutions in collaboration with Information Security and Risk.
• Mentor junior engineers, participate in code reviews, and communicate with offshore and affiliate teams.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits.
• Paid time off.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Discretionary bonuses.
• Certain employees may be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior