Software Engineer, VP - Business Finance Technology

Blackstone • Full-time • New Jersey, United States • 3d ago

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests. Blackstone’s over $1.3 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram.

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 and entrepreneurial – our open, iterative design processes and rapid pace of development means 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.

Role:

We're looking for a hands-on engineering leader to build and scale platforms that power finance and operations across Blackstone. You'll own architecture, delivery and reliability for enterprise-grade finance systems. These include process automation, calculation engines, data infrastructure, and integrations with the firm's upstream and downstream systems.

You'll work closely with Finance and Operations teams across the firm, including Real Estate and Private Equity. Together you'll replace manual and legacy processes with scalable, code-driven solutions.

Success means measurable gains in operational efficiency, such as less manual effort, faster close and reporting cycles, and the retirement of legacy tools.

Responsibilities:

Own the architecture and technical design of finance and operations oversight, calculation and process automation platforms that support operations and finance teams across the firm.

Write production code in Python and SQL, and build cloud-based services, APIs and data pipelines.

Lead architecture and code reviews, making trade-offs across performance, scalability, maintainability and cost.

Execute the migration of the legacy processes and tools that should move to modern, code-based platforms.

Partner with Finance, Operations, Product Managers and Data Engineering stakeholders to shape requirements, priorities and roadmap trade-offs.

Set and enforce engineering standards for code quality, CI/CD, automated testing, observability and production support.

Keep platforms reliable through monitoring, incident management, performance tuning and disaster recovery readiness.

Work with Information Security and Risk to meet internal controls, audit and regulatory requirements.

Mentor and develop engineers, help with hiring, and set clear technical direction for offshore and affiliate teams.

Qualifications:

10+ years of software engineering experience, with recent hands-on development in Python and SQL.

A track record of designing and delivering enterprise-grade platforms in financial services, ideally in finance, accounting or fund operations.

Strong background in application architecture, APIs, data pipelines and cloud-native development.

Working knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure as code and production operations.

Experience leading or mentoring engineers, including distributed or offshore teams.

Work with senior stakeholders, clarify ambiguous requirements and make pragmatic trade-offs without compromising reliability.

Experience applying AI or LLM-based tools to automate business processes.

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field. An advanced degree preferred.

Real estate or private equity experience, including performance calculations, deal lifecycle, forecasting and investor reporting preferred.

Experience integrating with general ledger platforms, data warehouses and financial reporting systems preferred.

Experience with workflow orchestration, distributed systems or DevSecOps practices preferred.

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:

$160,000 - $250,000

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 and benefits offered in connection with the role consist of comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits; paid time off; life insurance; 401(k) plan; and discretionary bonuses. Certain employees may also be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone’s 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.

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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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