Data Engineer

Data Engineer, Aladdin Engineering, Vice President

About this role

About this Role 

At BlackRock, technology is the foundation of our business. As a VP, Data Engineer, you’ll build resilient systems that power our global post-trade operations. You’ll develop and deliver enterprise-scale software with a focus on reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices.  

This role is ideal for engineers who like to innovate and solve complex challenges while encouraging a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.  

About Post Trade Accounting (PTA or equivalent experience)  

• A major strategic area within Aladdin and one of BlackRock’s largest engineering investments. 

• Responsible for the systems that ensure accurate, scalable, and efficient accounting across global operations. 

• Growing into data analytics and pipeline initiatives using Snowflake, Redis, and Kafka to manage high-volume, real-time data. 

• Works in close partnership with Product, Operations, and other Engineering teams to provide business-critical capabilities. 

• Agile and collaborative environment that values technical depth, quality, and innovation. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Partner with domain experts, product, and engineering teams to build canonical data models (conceptual → logical → physical) that power trusted reporting, analytics, and downstream integrations. 

• Build and evolve analytics-ready datasets in Snowflake (curated layers / data marts), including clear metric definitions (grain, dimensions, measures) that enable consistent enterprise reporting. 

• Build and develop reliable ELT/ETL pipelines across Snowflake and SQL Server to support both scheduled batch loads and low-latency ingestion where needed. 

• Implement robust pipeline patterns such as incremental processing, idempotency (replay-safe loads), deduplication, and backfill/reprocessing strategies. 

• Establish and enforce data quality and observability practices (freshness, completeness, accuracy checks; alerting; runbooks; SLAs) to keep data products production-grade. 

• Optimize analytical performance and cost by applying Snowflake guidelines (clustering/partition strategies, materializations, query optimization) and SQL Server performance tuning where appropriate. 

• Publish curated data to downstream systems and serving layers when needed (e.g., search indices like Elasticsearch and operational stores like Cosmos DB) with clear contracts and monitoring. 

• Drive guidelines for documentation, lineage, schema evolution, and secure handling of sensitive data (PII) in collaboration with platform and governance partners. 

Qualifications / Proficiencies  

• B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience). 

• 8+ years of experience building production data systems, with demonstrated ownership of data modeling and data pipeline engineering. 

• Strong SQL skills (advanced querying, query plans, performance tuning) with hands-on experience in Snowflake and/or Microsoft SQL Server. 

• Proven experience with data modeling for analytics (dimensional modeling / star schemas, conformed dimensions, slowly changing dimensions) and translating business concepts into robust schemas. 

• Hands-on experience crafting and deploying ELT/ETL pipelines, including batch and near-real-time patterns. 

• Proficiency in at least one general-purpose language used for data engineering (e.g., Python, Java, or Scala) for automation, orchestration, and integrations. 

• Working knowledge of modern data engineering practices: testing for transformations, CI/CD, environment promotion, and operational monitoring. 

• Strong communication skills and ease working alongside domain experts to transform ambiguity into clear, implementable data products. 

Nice to Have 

• Experience with transformation and modeling frameworks (e.g., dbt) and/or a semantic/metrics layer approach. 

• Exposure to orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Dagster, Prefect) and patterns for dependency management and backfills. 

• Streaming and event-driven data experience (e.g., Kafka, CDC patterns) and understanding of late-arriving data, watermarking, and replay. 

• Experience integrating downstream serving/search systems (e.g., Elasticsearch) and operational datastores (e.g., Cosmos DB). 

• Familiarity with data governance and observability tooling (catalog/lineage, OpenLineage-style concepts, data quality frameworks). 

• Cloud-native exposure (Docker/Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform). 

• Interest in financial systems, accounting, or investment technology. 

Our 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 model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.

Experience Level

Executive Level