Vice President, Cloud Platform Engineer – Cloud Modernization

BlackRock•New York, NY

6d•$162,000 - $215,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Cloud Modernization team sits at the intersection of infrastructure and software engineering and is responsible for designing and managing multi-cloud Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities that enable application teams to use them in a consistent, scalable, and secure manner across the firm. In this position, you will be a hands‑on senior software engineer with deep expertise in Java and Python, combined with strong experience working with public cloud platforms and infrastructure automation. You will contribute directly to the development of shared platform capabilities while also serving as a people leader, responsible for mentoring and developing engineers. This role balances individual technical contribution, platform‑oriented engineering leadership, and people management within a large‑scale, enterprise platform environment.

Requirements

Strong hands‑on experience as a software engineer, with deep proficiency in Java and Python.
Experience working with public cloud platforms, including Azure, AWS, or GCP.
Practical experience designing, building, or consuming platform or PaaS capabilities in enterprise environments.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools for provisioning cloud resources and Automation tools for configuration management and deployment.
Solid understanding of modern software engineering practices, including CI/CD, testing strategies, version control, and agile delivery.
Prior experience leading or mentoring engineers, with accountability for technical outcomes and team development.
Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to operate effectively in complex, large‑scale environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience building or operating platform engineering capabilities for internal development teams.
Experience with additional programming languages such as C++, Go (Golang), or Rust, particularly in systems level, performance sensitive, or platform oriented development.
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience working closely with DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Platform teams.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and design proposals.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain cloud‑enabled applications and shared platform capabilities using Java and Python, aligned to modern software engineering and cloud‑native best practices.
Contribute to the evolution of platform engineering capabilities that abstract infrastructure complexity and enable consistent application onboarding and consumption.
Partner with platform engineering, architecture, and security teams to ensure applications and platform capabilities meet standards for reliability, security, performance, and cost efficiency.
Build solutions that emphasize reusability, standardization, and self‑service, enabling application teams to move faster with reduced operational overhead.
Build and maintain platform and application automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools for provisioning cloud resources, Automation tools for configuration management and deployment, and related Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) and configuration management tools.
Collaborate closely with cloud and platform engineering teams to enable standardized, repeatable provisioning and lifecycle management of platform capabilities and application infrastructure.
Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines to improve developer experience, deployment consistency, and operational resilience.
Serve as a technical authority within the Cloud Modernization and Platform Engineering ecosystem, helping define engineering standards, patterns, and best practices.
Lead design and code reviews, ensuring platform and application solutions are scalable, supportable, and aligned with long‑term platform strategy.
Influence technical direction across application and platform domains, balancing near‑term delivery with long‑term capability development.
Manage and develop a team of application and platform‑oriented engineers through coaching, mentorship, and regular feedback.
Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, and career development for engineers on the team.
Foster a culture of strong engineering ownership, platform thinking, and continuous improvement.
Work closely with product managers, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, security, and operations teams to deliver end‑to‑end platform capabilities and application solutions.
Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
Influence cloud modernization and platform capability roadmaps through strong technical insight and leadership.