Blackrock

Blackrock

Data Engineering, Director

Atlanta, GA · Director

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About the role

  • This leader will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing highly scalable, high-performance data systems that power our core investment and analytical capabilities.
  • The ideal candidate has deep expertise in distributed systems, modern cloud data architectures, and a proven track record of leading high-impact engineering teams, particularly within the financial or capital markets sector.

Responsibilities

  • Team Leadership & Mentorship: Lead and mentor a distributed team of data and platform engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and professional growth.
  • High-Performance Data Solutions: Oversee the design and implementation of ETL/ELT pipelines using Cloud Data warehouses like Snowflake ensuring data quality and compliance for multi-terabyte scale data stores.
  • Advanced Analytics & ML Integration: Drive the integration of advanced data science workflows, leveraging cloud-native ML services to enhance predictive models and analytical dashboards.
  • Stakeholder & Customer Success: Partner with investment, risk, and product teams to translate complex business requirements into high-performance database solutions.
  • Advanced Troubleshooting & Post-Mortems: Lead deep-dive post-mortem analysis and provided architectural solutions for highly complex database issues.
  • At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work - enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients.
  • To support you, we've provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.
  • 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.
  • 15+ years of progressive experience in Data Engineering, Database Architecture, and Distributed Systems, with significant time spent in a technical lead role.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform database design, SQL tuning, and query optimization for both OLTP and OLAP systems.

Requirements

  • Proven expertise in modern data warehousing technologies, specifically Snowflake
  • Hands-on experience with managing a variety of database flavors(OLTP, Cloud native Datawarehouse, distributed column stores) and Query engines at massive scale.
  • Strong expertise at writing complex SQL and Python.
  • Experience closely working with ML Engineers.
  • Strong expertise in PostgreSQL architecture and internals
  • Advanced knowledge of SQL and PL/pgSQL
  • Experience with performance tuning and monitoring tools
  • Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments
  • 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.

Compensation

  • For Atlanta, GA Only the salary range for this position is USD$0.00 - USD$0.00.

Benefits

  • Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children's educations, buying homes and starting businesses.
  • 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.
  • As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

Company info

  • About BlackRock At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.
  • We are seeking a Data Architect & Engineering Lead to drive the strategy and execution of our next-generation data platform.
  • At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity workplace.
  • If reasonable accommodation/adjustments are needed throughout the employment process, please email Disability.Assistance@blackrock.com.

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