BlackRock
Lead Platform Engineer (Java,Python) - Vice President
$162K–$215K
New York, NY · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
About the job
Leads the strategy, design, and delivery of scalable, governed, event-driven data platforms supporting investment, analytics, and reporting.
What you'll do
- Define data platform strategy and lead development of scalable event-driven architectures.
- Establish data governance, quality, lineage, observability, CI/CD, and standardized development practices.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship, partnering across teams to align platform capabilities with business needs.
What they ask for
- Extensive experience in platform engineering, distributed systems, and modern event-driven solutions.
- Strong programming expertise in Python, Java, or Scala.
- Proven track record building and scaling production-grade platforms.
- Experience with streaming and event-driven architecture.
Nice to have
- Prior experience in financial services or asset management.
Pay
USD$162,000.00 - USD$215,000.00 base salary
Tools
Kafka, Python, Java, Scala
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