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Job Summary:
BlackRock is a leading financial management firm dedicated to helping individuals achieve financial well-being. The Director of System Engineering will oversee the development and maintenance of studio products and services, collaborating with various teams to enhance product offerings and improve platform performance.
Responsibilities:
Be involved from inception of projects, understand requirements, architect, develop, deploy, and maintain studio products and services.
Work in a multi-disciplinary squad which involves partnering with program and product managers to expand product offering based on business demands.
Drive up user engagement and adoption of the platform while constantly working towards modernizing and improving platform performance and scalability.
Interact with various teams within Studio as well as with wider Aladdin developer community during deployment and maintenance.
Provide production support for issues that cannot be resolved by operations team.
Prepare user documentation to maintain both development and operations continuity.
Adhere to BlackRock's UX and design standards.
Qualifications:
Required:
Bachelors degree (or foreign equivalent) in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Applied Computer Science, or a related field
8 years progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in a related occupation
8 years of experience involving each of the following: 1. Developing and designing APIs using programming languages and platforms including Java, Python, C ++, Golang
Database design and modeling using Oracle, Sybase, Snowflake, Casandra and any RDBMS and NOSQL platforms
Using J2EE, SQL and Python to design and implement solutions using Web Application Development, Data Analysis, and Reporting within a Microservices Architecture
Using Cloud Technologies (Kubernetes and AWS) to design and build applications on-prem and in-cloud
Using distributed systems architecture and to build scalable, distributed systems in enterprise environments
Technical architecture: developing technical design, documentation standards, and technology selection frameworks
Modern data platforms and cloud native infrastructure including Spring cloud Data Flow (SCDF), ETL transformation using python, Redis, Ignite, Coherence for data caching and handling, Openshift, Virtual Machines, Vault for data secrets management, Data streams like Kafka, MQ
Working with a global team across multiple time zones
Mentoring and educating engineers and operational teams, product managers, and program managers on technical architecture
Building scalable, testable web applications with a focus on repeatability and code quality
Working on data-oriented platforms including Abinitio, Denodo, data management using snowflake and cloud data streams including Kafka
Company:
BlackRock is an investment company that offers its services to institutions, intermediaries, foundations, and individual investors. Founded in 1988, headquartered in New York, New York, USA, team size 10001+ employees, currently Public Company. BlackRock has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.
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Director
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