Director - Platform Engineering Lead - Aladdin

Role Brief:

Are you interested in building innovative technology that shapes the financial markets? Do you like working at the speed of a startup, but want to tackle some of the world’s most sophisticated problems? Do you want to work with, and learn from, hands-on leaders in technology and finance?

At BlackRock, we are looking for an engineering team lead who loves to innovate and tackle sophisticated problems. We recognize that strength comes fromdiversity, and willembraceyour uniqueskills, curiosity, and passion whilegiving you theopportunity to grow technically and as an individual. With over USD $11 trillion of assets we have an exceptional responsibility, our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home and improve their financial well-being.

Being an engineering team lead at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds: working for one of the most sophisticated financial companies and being part of a software development team responsible for next generation technology and solutions.

About team:

Our PlatformEngineering division is attheforefront, crafting thefoundation for Aladdin, an operating systemcrafted for investmentmanagers. This systemintegrates real-timemanagementof information, people, and technology, and is utilized by numerous financialinstitutions both internally and externally. This team is a foundational part of protecting our estate and driving new revenue and scale channels for our clients and BlackRock.

The position is for a hands-on engineering team lead for API and Identity Infrastructure within Platform Engineering, focusing on advancing our API-first culture as well as advancing our authentication system at the firm.

As the Engineering Lead you will:

• Provide strategicleadership to build ahigh-performanceengineering team. You willgrow technology leaders and connecttheteamto Aladdin Engineering’s mission and outcomes. You will nurture engineering culture and ultimately drive execution.
• Grow your technicalknowledgeand leadership skills to becomeoneof themostproductivetechnology teams atBlackRock;bean encouraging leader across the entire engineering organization
• Work inpartnershipwith ourproductmanagers, users/clientbaseandengineering teamstoimplementaproductandtechnicalroadmap.
• Be anencouragingleaderacrosstheengineeringorganizationtoevangelizeleadingengineeringpractices,efficiencyandtooling.
• Become aguidein theBlackRock user/provider modeland develop technicalexpertiseof theAladdin platform;provideengineering bestpractices leadership across the team.
• Take ownershipofthetechnicalvisionandexecutionforourAPIandIdentityInfrastructure,directlyimpactingthesecurity,scalability,and extensibility of the Aladdin platform.
• Drive significantimprovementsinthereliability, performance,and securityof ourauthentication systemsand API ecosystem.

What you'll need:

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience leading and managing engineering teams, coupled with 10+ years of overall technical experience in Financial Services or Technology.
• Proven expertise in designing, developing, and deploying scalable and resilient systems using Java and GoLang, with a strong understanding of asynchronous processing and distributed architectures. Demonstrated ability to dive deep into code and troubleshoot complex technical issues.    
• Experience with Python for scripting and automation, and familiarity with modern front-end frameworks like Angular for full-stack understanding.
• In-depth experience in building full stack applications from front-end to back-end.
• Several years’ worth of experience in running Agile teams and can show your passion to improve yourself and your squads
• Successful deliveries of technology focused products through the entire product development lifecycle.    
• Showcase high-level designs & blueprints along with the business value that these have achieved in your experience
• Deep experience taking technical designs and translating them into measurable stories for your squad.
• Demonstrated deep understanding and practical experience with a diverse range of authentication and authorization mechanisms, including but not limited to: OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect, Basic Authentication, Certificate-Based Authentication, Mutual TLS (mTLS), and Transport Layer Security (TLS/SSL).   
• Experience designing and implementing secure APIs and microservices.
• Strong understanding of security principles and best practices. 
• Experience with gRPC, including defining service contracts using Protocol Buffers and implementing gRPC clients and servers.    
• Hands-on experience in configuring, managing, and integrating with enterprise-grade Identity Providers such as Keycloak, Okta, or Azure AD.
• Familiarity with SAML, JWT, and PKI infrastructure.
• Goal setting, in alignment with Business, Technology and BlackRock goals