This role pays more than
65%
of similar roles. Most pay
$176,625–$258,475
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$245k
versus about
$218k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Blackrock
BlackRock is the world''s largest asset management firm, providing investment management, risk management, and advisory services to institutional and retail clients through its Aladdin technology platform. Industry: Asset Management & Financial Services
Blackrock currently has
33 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$162,000–$215,000
across 31 roles with salary data.
As a Director, Principal Platform Engineer (Compute), you will join the global System Operations Platform team to lead compute engineering for critical infrastructure. You will serve as a visionary leader and hands-on builder, collaborating globally to drive architectural excellence and mentor others while migrating the Aladdin Platform to cloud and container environments. Your daily work involves developing products and services across multiple clouds using Java, Go, and Python. You will leverage technologies including Linux (RHEL 8+), enterprise-grade container orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code tools like Pulumi or Crossplane for provisioning resources. The role requires expertise in CI/CD pipelines, observability, and automated configuration management to solve complex problems within the financial markets. You will manage technical debt and implement process transformations while ensuring high performance and security across distributed microservice architectures.