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Vice President - Lead Data Engineer (Data Cloud Platform)

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BlackRock logoBlackrock · New York, NY
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CI/CDData ModelingJavaKafkaLeadershipObservability
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Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the data engineering strategy for batch and real-time pipelines, ensuring scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency.
  • Lead development of event-driven architectures leveraging streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka) and modern processing frameworks.
  • Drive enterprise data modeling standards (conceptual, logical, physical) and promote reusable, domain-aligned data products.
  • Establish robust data governance, quality, lineage, and observability practices across the platform.
  • Oversee end-to-end data lifecycle management, from ingestion through consumption and archival.
  • 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.
  • Leadership & Impact
  • Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and direction to high-performing data engineering teams.
  • Influence enterprise architecture and platform strategy decisions.
  • Drive adoption of scalable, reusable, and standardized data solutions across the organization.
  • Ensure alignment between data engineering initiatives and business outcomes, particularly in financial services and investment domains.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in data engineering, distributed systems, and modern data platforms (e.g., Snowflake).
  • Strong expertise in SQL and programming (Python, Java, or Scala).
  • Proven track record of building and scaling production-grade data platforms and pipelines.
  • Experience with streaming and event-driven architectures.
  • Deep understanding of data modeling, governance, and data quality frameworks.
  • Prior experience in financial services or asset management preferred.

Benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.Our hybrid work modelGuidance on AI use for candidatesAbout BlackRockHealth insuranceFlexible schedulePerformance bonus

Additional Information

About this role Vice President - Lead Data Engineer (Data Cloud Platform) The Vice President - Lead Data Engineer will drive the strategy, architecture, and delivery of next-generation data engineering capabilities on the enterprise Data Cloud Platform. 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. Role Overview Lead the design and delivery of enterprise-grade data pipelines and domain-oriented data products. Champion modern data architecture patterns, including event-driven and streaming frameworks. Establish and enforce data-as-a-product principles, standardized data models, and governance frameworks. Serve as a senior technical leader partnering across engineering, product, and platform organizations.

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