Lead Software Engineer, VP - Master Data Management

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
 

Blackstone Technology & Innovations:

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 has the opportunity to 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 Description:

This role will focus on Master Data Management (MDM), and will develop and manage innovative technologies that are changing the Alternative Asset Management industry. You will build, lead, and mentor a team of technologists to design, build, deploy, test, and support functionality across a variety of stacks and platforms, with a specific emphasis on MDM. Through partnering with business stakeholders, you'll drive business value while also producing great code focused on our Investor Portal. You will help to support the current .NET Core implementation and help drive the platform forward by building highly scalable microservices deployed to our cloud hosted Kubernetes environments. You will lead the conversion of the front-end code to React. Key technologies in this framework include: .NET Core in C#, Python, AWS, React, OpenAPI, Kafka, Docker, Snowflake and Tableau.

You will be expected to take ownership of projects and identify business design gaps with Blackstone business analysts, with a specific focus on MDM. You’ll tackle a variety of problems from scaling out infrastructure to promoting business efficiency through automating contract creation and improving data quality through MDM. You’ll devise elegant solutions to Blackstone's most important problems and put your own best ideas to work in an entrepreneurial environment inside one of the world's most successful companies.

Responsibilities:

• Build web applications, services, and functionality on a variety of platforms, with a focus on MDM integration and data management.

• Collaborate with various internal and external business partners to identify and execute on areas for improvement, including MDM.

• Use Agile software development methodologies and tools like Jira to manage and deliver projects.

• Identify opportunities to automate away repetitive tasks and improve data quality.

• Lead technical design and code reviews to drive projects towards the best results.

• Guide the team through project design, prioritization, and execution.

• Troubleshoot and prioritize business and technology initiatives, ensuring data integrity and compliance.

Qualifications:

• 8 + years of software engineering experience in an enterprise level environment, preferably within financial services

• Expertise in one or more of .NET Core in C#, Python, AWS, React, OpenAPI, Kafka, Docker, Snowflake, Tableau.

• Demonstrated significant leadership experience as a team lead or similar role in a dynamic  environment.

• Have a strong understanding of highly scalable microservice architectures.

• Technical software development and system architecture experience as an individual contributor.

• Project management experience on custom software development engagements.

• A self-starting, entrepreneurial attitude;  keeps up to date with best practices in software development.

• Strong object-oriented programming experience in any language, with a focus on MDM data modeling and integration.

• Have prior experience delivering innovative technology to business users.

• Experience with Agile methodologies.

• An ability to drive your projects from inception to completion.

• Possesses a desire to teach, and mentor others while also making significant individual contributions.

• Ensures that the team produces high-quality code, facilitates communication and feedback, and maintains data integrity.

• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar, MDM-related coursework or experience is a plus.

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.

Expected annual base salary range:

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

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If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please email Human Resources at HR-Recruiting-Americas@Blackstone.com.

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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