Vice President Lead Software Engineer SMA Solutions

BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager, operating the IBIT bitcoin ETF and the BUIDL tokenized fund.

Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026

New York, NY, USA
About BlackRock

BlackRock (blackrock.com) is the world’s largest asset manager, with production digital-asset businesses: the IBIT spot bitcoin ETF, the BUIDL tokenized money-market fund (with Securitize), and tokenization initiatives.

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About the Role

You will design and develop microservices for equity portfolio-construction tools, build and release software components, and deploy them to enterprise container platforms. You will own features across services, databases, and web interfaces, modernize platform components, lead initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and support recruitment.

Requirements

  • Knowledge of algorithms, data structures, design patterns, and programming paradigms
  • Understanding of distributed application architecture and component integration
  • Python experience or experience with modern object-oriented languages
  • Advanced web-development knowledge
  • 5+ years of experience in a similar role
  • Experience leading projects and teams
  • Experience in an AWS ecosystem
  • Familiarity with relational databases
  • Written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop microservices for equity portfolio-construction tools
  • Build, release, and deploy software components to container orchestration platforms
  • Modernize enterprise fintech-platform components and technologies
  • Write maintainable code
  • Own feature development across microservices, relational databases, and web applications
  • Build robust web user interfaces
  • Lead projects and initiatives
  • Mentor junior team members
  • Keep current with relevant technologies
  • Participate in recruitment efforts

Benefits

  • Retirement plan
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Comprehensive healthcare
  • Support for working parents
  • Flexible Time Off
  • Annual discretionary bonus
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Mental Health Ambassadors
  • Parental leave