Vice President, Senior Engineer

Blackrock

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, CA
Salary
$213,512–$215,000 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Sep 26, 2026

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $185k
This role $214k
$133k most similar roles pay here $228k

This role pays more than 73% of similar roles. Most pay $151,375–$218,725 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $185k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Vice President, Senior Engineer

As a Vice President, Senior Engineer, you will engineer core services for the next generation Aladdin Container Platform to host cloud native applications at scale. You will manage edge routing, load balancing, security, and web asset caching while supporting all phases of the software development lifecycle to scale system operations. Your daily work involves designing distributed systems and cloud infrastructure using Sybase, MSSQL, Docker, and Kubernetes. You will build components of a distributed compute engine to process complex reference data into Aladdin and contribute to an open API platform for client integration. Required skills include Go, Java, Python, and Linux shell scripting. You must be proficient in GitOps workflows with ArgoCD and Flux, CI/CD via Azure DevOps and AWS, and monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana to ensure high availability and fault tolerance.

What does a Engineer earn in California?

Median $208000 from 100 postings across 24 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Engineer core services for the Aladdin Container Platform to host cloud-native applications at scale.
  • Manage edge routing, load balancing, security, and web asset caching for internal and internet-facing applications.
  • Design and develop distributed systems and cloud infrastructure using Sybase, MSSQL, Docker, and Kubernetes.
  • Build components of a distributed compute engine to process and distribute complex structured and unstructured reference data.
  • Create development environments and build tools, frameworks, and core libraries to scale system operations.
  • Architect scalable, fault-tolerant, and highly available systems for the Aladdin platform.
  • Contribute to the open API platform to enable client integration of Aladdin into enterprise systems.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Five years of experience in the job offered or as an Associate, Analyst, or a related role.
  • Five years of experience with software development using Go, Java, and Python.
  • Five years of experience with Kubernetes and Docker for containerization.
  • Five years of experience with software development principles, Agile methodologies, and CI/CD using Azure DevOps and Amazon AWS.
  • Five years of experience with Linux environments, shell scripting, GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Flux), and Sybase or MSSQL databases.
  • Four years of experience with networking fundamentals, including edge routing, DNS, ingress, and network security.
  • Four years of experience with secrets management, Helm/Kustomize, and monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana.

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