Senior Platform Engineer, JavaScript Specialization, Vice President

About this role

The Web Tech Solutions team is responsible for providing a proven software technology platform serving more than 100 public-facing websites of our company under the blackrock.com and ishares.com domains. These websites serve around 4 million individual visits per month, providing comprehensive data about our investment funds on more than 180 000 so-called product pages, enable roughly thousands of updates of web content and roughly 10 000 document uploads daily, as well as provide authentication for close to a million registered users globally.

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will be:

• Designing, developing and maintaining Node services and modules powering a large public-facing website ecosystem.

• Taking responsibility for the robust, high-performance React SSR framework behind the next generation of BlackRock’s websites.

• Leading the migration effort to our next generation platform through the design, development and verification of cross-cutting framework functionality used by multiple partner dev teams.

• Solving and preventing production issues and vulnerabilities, analyzing performance bottlenecks and continuously setting standards and improving critical stability, performance and maintainability important metrics.

• Working closely with the Core Web Platform dev lead and architect on system planning, architecture reviews and defining standard methodologies and ‘rules of the road’ (linting, QA automation, code quality standards)

What You'll Need:

• Minimum 7 years of deep experience with Node and React as a full stack software engineer, preferably using TypeScript. Familiarity with at least the basics of the React rendering pipeline is a must have.

• Deep understanding of git, experience with CI/CD platforms (e.g. Azure DevOps), ability to write your own pipelines.

• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes, solid grasp of basic workload concepts, ability to composing, deploy and handle your own services.

• A consistent record of delivering on time, aligning with strict quality standards and requirements.

• Deep understanding and hands-on experience with applying website security solutions (e.g. OWASP Top Ten, CSP, CORS).

• Solid written and verbal communication skills in English. Ability to describe complex engineering concepts to both junior developers and laypeople.

• Exceptional problem-solving skills and a proactive, OSS-inspired approach to engineering problems (“you found it, you fix it” attitude).

• Being a team player, ability to cooperate with multi-functional and cross-regional teams across the globe.

• At least some experience with coaching and training juniors, ability to provide constructive feedback.

Nice to have:

• Experience with modern bundlers like Vite.

• Experience with Azure services, especially AKS.

• At least basic understanding of SEO and page ranking concepts.

• Experience with modern hybrid-headless CMS systems, especially Adobe AEM. Universal Editor experience is a plus.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required 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. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At 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.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.