Lead Platform Engineer (Java,Python) - Vice President

Archer is collaborating with BlackRock to connect them with exceptional professionals for this Vice President – Lead Platform Engineer role.

About the role

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

• Lead the design and delivery of enterprise-grade platforms that will act as building blocks for the rest of the business.
• Champion modern architecture patterns, including event-driven and streaming frameworks.
• Establish and enforce platform-as-a-product principles, and governance frameworks.
• Serve as a senior technical leader partnering across engineering, product, and platform organizations.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the data platform engineering strategy around event-driven systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Lead development of event-driven architectures leveraging streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka) and modern processing frameworks.
• Establish robust data governance, quality, lineage, and observability practices across the platform.
• 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.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and direction to high-performing engineering teams.
• Influence enterprise architecture and platform strategy decisions.
• Drive adoption of scalable, reusable, and standardized solutions across the organization.
• Ensure alignment between platform engineering initiatives and business outcomes, particularly in financial services and investment domains.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in platform engineering, distributed systems, and modern event-driven solutions (e.g., Kafka).
• Strong expertise in programming (Python, Java, or Scala).
• Proven track record of building and scaling production-grade platforms.
• Experience with streaming and event-driven architecture.
• Prior experience in financial services or asset management preferred.

Pay

For New York, NY only: the salary range for this position is USD $162,000.00 – USD $215,000.00. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and total compensation may vary based on role, location, firm, department, and individual performance.

Benefits

• Strong retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive healthcare
• Support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)

Schedule

BlackRock’s hybrid work model requires employees to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities.

At BlackRock, the mission is to help more and more people experience financial well-being. The firm is dedicated to creating an environment where colleagues feel welcomed, valued, and supported with networks, benefits, and development opportunities to help them thrive.