Director, Head of SMA Portfolio Management Engineering

About the role

Team Overview
BlackRock SMA Solutions helps clients customize portfolios for unique tax, values-alignment, or investment exposures across direct indexing, fixed income, active equity, and multi-asset. We deliver world-class service to all of our clients, from wealth advisors to family offices to endowments and foundations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead development and delivery of enterprise software solutions.
• Align engineering and product priorities through close collaboration with leadership.
• Help manage and own end-to-end feature development—from front-end UI to microservices and database structures.
• Design components of a scalable microservices architecture for portfolio construction tools.
• Modernize the platform with contemporary technologies and third-party integrations.
• Take ownership of strategic projects and initiatives to drive impact.
• Mentor junior mid-level and senior engineers, fostering team growth.
• Stay current on emerging technologies and best practices.
• Support recruitment efforts and succession planning as a team leader.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience: 10+ years leading engineering teams and delivering complex software solutions. Wealth or asset management experience required.
• Technical Expertise:
• Strong Python skills or proficiency in modern object-oriented languages (Java, Scala, etc.).
• Advanced knowledge of web development and system/application architecture.
• Solid foundation in algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and programming paradigms.
• Hands-on experience with relational databases and unstructured data stores.
• Familiarity with logging, monitoring frameworks, and containerization tools.
• Leadership in Innovation: Ability to guide teams in adopting AI-driven efficiencies, leveraging AI-based IDEs, and integrating cutting-edge tools to accelerate development and enhance productivity.

Our benefits

• To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

About BlackRock

• We are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

BlackRock Principles

• We are a fiduciary to our clients. This is the bedrock of our identity; it reflects our integrity and the unbiased advice we give our clients.
• We are One BlackRock. We work collaboratively to create the best outcomes for our clients, our firm and the communities where we operate.
• We are passionate about performance. We are relentless in innovating and finding better ways to serve our clients and improve our firm.
• We take emotional ownership. We have a deep sense of responsibility to our clients and to each other.
• We are committed to a better future. We are long-term thinkers, focused on helping people build a better tomorrow.

Career path

• We recognize that our technologists benefit from a tailored approach to navigating and advancing their careers in the ways they envision. Our tech career paths are specifically built to support vertical and horizontal trajectories – including Enterprise Leadership (team manager) and Tech Leadership (individual contributor) ‘tracks’ as well as various other career moves.

Benefits

• We care about your overall well-being and design our benefits package to support you in various aspects of your life.