This role pays more than
50%
of similar roles. Most pay
$205,000–$282,562
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versus about
$244k
for comparable roles.
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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 the Investment Operations & Portfolio Services Engineering, Director, you will lead globally distributed engineering teams within the Aladdin Engineering group to oversee mission-critical platforms. You are responsible for defining and executing the technology strategy, driving modernization through cloud-native architectures, and accelerating AI-enabled capabilities for portfolio services and investment operations. Your daily work involves managing engineers and architects while ensuring platform reliability, scalability, and performance across distributed systems. The role requires deep expertise in software engineering, automation, and operational excellence to solve complex problems in portfolio management, accounting, cash, reconciliations, trading, and risk. You will partner with cross-functional teams to modernize legacy platforms and improve workflow optimization. Essential skills include experience with distributed systems, observability, and the technical domain of financial technology to support high-volume investment data and processing workflows.
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