Application Engineer, Vice President
BlackRock · Posted Oct 1
Investment management, asset management, risk analytics, and wealth services
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About the role
BlackRock’s Post Trade & Accounting group’s Client Reporting team manages the enterprise Client Reporting platform for accounting and institutional clients globally. The platform covers report production and distribution, QC workflows, exception management, monitoring, reporting inventory and KPIs, and secure document delivery via API, SFTP, and Secure Links. The VP-level Application Engineer will lead architecture, design, and coding for event-driven distributed systems and data platforms, while driving modernization, automation, and AI-enabled engineering practices.
What you will do
- Lead development, architecture, and design of distributed, event-driven systems (Java/Python)
- Evolve scalable microservices and API-first platforms aligned to enterprise strategy
- Architect high-throughput data systems integrating SQL/NoSQL, streaming, and caching technologies
- Drive performance, resiliency, observability, and production excellence
- Provide full-stack technical leadership across backend and frontend (Angular/React)
- Translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions and executable roadmaps
- Manage stakeholders and lead global teams to deliver against strategic milestones
- Lead adoption of AI-assisted SDLC practices (Copilot, Claude, Windsurf, etc.)
- Design safe and scalable LLM integration patterns (prompt engineering, structured outputs, streaming, tool/function calling)
- Architect multi-step or agent-based workflows (e.g., LangChain, Google ADK or equivalent)
- Define shared prompts, agent contracts, and AI governance standards across teams
- Guide teams in translating ambiguous problems into structured, AI-augmentable execution plans
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 7+ years of progressive software engineering experience with proven leadership of teams or major platforms
- Strong expertise in Java, Python, and distributed systems architecture
- Experience designing highly available, real-time enterprise systems
- Deep understanding of APIs, microservices, data modeling, and scalability patterns
- Experience with SQL, NoSQL, and streaming technologies (e.g., distributed event streaming and messaging platforms, Redis)
- Exposure to cloud-native and DevOps practices (Open Container Initiative (OCI) container image packaging and runtime, Enterprise-grade container orchestration platform supporting declarative infrastructure and horizontal scaling, CI/CD)
- Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional influence skills
- Demonstrated experience integrating AI into engineering workflows and production platforms
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with distributed event streaming and messaging platforms, Redis, or other distributed systems technologies
- Cloud-native experience (Open Container Initiative (OCI) container image packaging and runtime, Enterprise-grade container orchestration platform supporting declarative infrastructure and horizontal scaling, Azure/AWS/GCP)
- Exposure to CI/CD and observability tooling
- Interest in financial systems, reporting platforms, or investment processes
Benefits and support
- strong retirement plan
- tuition reimbursement
- comprehensive healthcare
- support for working parents
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
About BlackRock
BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment management corporation and the world's largest asset manager. The firm provides institutional and individual clients with a broad range of investment, advisory, and risk management products, including its proprietary Aladdin financial technology platform. Headquartered in New York City, BlackRock manages trillions in assets across global equity, fixed income, alternative investments, and iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
- Industry
- Investment Management
- Company size
- 24900 employees
- Founded
- 1988-03-09
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
President and Director
Chief Financial Officer and Global Head of Corporate Strategy
Chief Operating Officer
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