Vice President Senior Software Engineer

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Business Unit

BXTI – AAMT (APAC region)

Business Description

Blackstone Technology & Innovations (BXTi) is the technology team at the core of each of Blackstone’s businesses and new growth initiatives. Serving both internal and external clients, we work to build the next generation of systems that manage risk, create efficiency, and improve transparency within the firm and across our broad community of investors and portfolio companies.  

BXTi is nimble and entrepreneurial – our open, iterative design processes and rapid pace of development mean that everyone on the team can make an impact from day one. We are problem solvers who can take projects from idea to implementation. We believe in active mentoring and developing excellence. We collaborate to find the best answers for our customers and for Blackstone. We are critical to the firm maintaining its competitive edge.

Job Title

VP – Senior Software Engineer

Job Description

As a Vice President, Senior Software Engineer on the Alternative Asset Management Technology (AAMT) International team, you will lead the development of innovative products that support Blackstone’s front office business units. You will work with talented engineers and product managers to design, build, deploy, and support custom applications that drive the firm’s private wealth business. The team builds full-stack solutions using Python and C# alongside JavaScript, React, and Node.js, hosted on AWS with modern cloud-native, container-based, and serverless architectures.

The team also designs robust data pipelines integrating with Snowflake for advanced analysis and visualization, and leverages AI technologies including LLMs and vector databases to enhance decision-making and deliver innovative solutions. Additionally, the team builds integrations with internal tools and SaaS products like Salesforce to enhance operational workflows.

This role combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic vision, requiring deep expertise in modern cloud technologies and experience inspiring high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced financial services environment. 

Responsibilities

• Work directly with APAC business teams to understand how they operate day to day and where technology can remove friction.

• Design and implement scalable backend solutions using modern frameworks including C#/.NET, Python, and cloud-native architectures on AWS.

• Design and build scalable data pipelines using dbt, enabling reliable, governed, and analytics-ready datasets across the platform. 

• Partner with architects and product leaders to define technical vision, roadmap, and execution strategy for the AAMT technology platform. 

• Establish and enforce engineering standards, best practices, and code quality guidelines across the team. 

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring through design reviews, code reviews, and pairing.

• Build and implement RESTful APIs, microservices architectures, and event-driven systems. 

• Drive adoption of CI/CD practices using tools such as GitLab, Terraform, and containerization technologies. 

• Partner with data, cloud, security, risk and application teams to ensure platform alignment and control. 

• Work with product managers and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions. 

• Utilize Salesforce platform knowledge to support existing integrations and provide technical guidance where needed. 

• Identify and build AI solutions that improve productivity, using LLMs, vector databases, and the firm’s AI tools, and help business users adopt them.

• Design and build integrations between AAMT applications and BXTI-wide platforms, working closely with the teams that own them.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience with at least 3 years in technical leadership roles. 

• Strong proficiency in Python and C#, with experience in JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Node.js for full-stack development. 

• Demonstrated expertise in cloud-native architectures and services on AWS, including Lambda, ECS, Step Functions, DynamoDB, and S3, with experience in serverless computing and container orchestration. 

• Solid understanding of RESTful API design, microservices patterns, data pipelines, relational databases (SQL Server), and NoSQL data stores. 

• Experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform and containerization technologies. 

• Experience with modern CI/CD pipelines and automation tools including GitLab Runners, dbt, Ona, or similar platforms. 

• Familiarity with data warehouse solutions like Snowflake and integration with internal tools and SaaS products including Salesforce. 

• Strong problem-solving skills and experience navigating ambiguity and driving results

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.  All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), +44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or +852 3656 8600 (APAC).

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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