Vice President – Lead Data Engineer (Data Cloud Platform)

BlackRock•New York, NY

1d•$162,000 - $215,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Vice President – Lead Data Engineer will drive the strategy, architecture, and delivery of next-generation data engineering capabilities on the enterprise Data Cloud Platform. 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.

Requirements

Extensive experience in data engineering, distributed systems, and modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake).
Strong expertise in SQL and programming (Python, Java, or Scala).
Proven track record of building and scaling production-grade data platforms and pipelines.
Experience with streaming and event-driven architectures.
Deep understanding of data modeling, governance, and data quality frameworks.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in financial services or asset management preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the data engineering strategy for batch and real-time pipelines, ensuring scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
Lead development of event-driven architectures leveraging streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka) and modern processing frameworks.
Drive enterprise data modeling standards (conceptual, logical, physical) and promote reusable, domain-aligned data products.
Establish robust data governance, quality, lineage, and observability practices across the platform.
Oversee end-to-end data lifecycle management, from ingestion through consumption and archival.
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.