Cloud Platforms Engineer, VP - Data, Cloud & Developer Experience

InforCapital; Miami, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackstone is seeking a senior VP Platform Engineer to lead and evolve the firm’s public cloud platform. You will architect and implement platform services, drive Terraform-based infrastructure, and partner with security and product teams to deliver scalable, secure workloads at enterprise scale.

You will mentor engineers, document decisions, and ensure reliable operations across a globally distributed engineering organization.

Qualifications

• Senior-level individual contributor role at VP level.
• Strong software engineering and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to document decisions and explain trade-offs to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve core platform services for Blackstone's public cloud (AWS, Azure).
• Develop and manage Terraform-based infrastructure and reusable modules.
• Own design and implementation of critical platform components from concept to production.
• Build self-service tooling to improve developer productivity and consistency.
• Collaborate with cloud security and risk teams to ensure secure, compliant platforms.
• Improve platform availability, resiliency, and deployability with modern patterns.
• Enhance observability and operational supportability across the platform.
• Mentor junior engineers and communicate technical decisions to stakeholders.

Skills

Terraform

Platform engineering

Cloud platforms

Documentation

Tools

Terraform Cloud

Job description

LocationMiami, United States## About This RoleBlackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1.1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X, and Instagram. Role Overview Blackstone’s Platform Engineering team delivers the firm’s next‐generation public cloud platform, enabling application teams to securely build, deploy, and operate critical workloads at scale. The platform is designed with a strong emphasis on software‐defined infrastructure, automation, developer experience, and supporting innovation across a global organization. This role is a senior-level individual contributor position at the Vice President level, not a people manager. As a VP Platform Engineer, you will serve as a hands-on technical leader, building and advancing core platform capabilities, and working in close partnership with application teams, security stakeholders, and fellow engineers to enable reliable and secure delivery at scale. You will operate with a high degree of independence, applying strong software engineering principles and disciplined problem‐solving skills to design and evolve platform systems that operate at enterprise scale. Clear, effective communication is essential—you are expected to document technical decisions, articulate trade‐offs, and explain solutions to stakeholders with varying levels of technical experience. Success in this role requires strong organizational skills and collaborating effectively across a large, globally distributed engineering organization. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and evolve core platform services that underpin Blackstone’s public cloud environments, including AWS and Azure Develop and manage Terraform‐based infrastructure, including authoring reusable modules, operating Terraform Cloud, and improving usability and self‐service for platform consumers Own the design and implementation of critical platform components, from concept through production support Build and enhance self‐service capabilities and internal developer tooling that improve consistency and developer productivity Partner closely with cloud security and risk teams to ensure platforms are secure, compliant, and resilient by design Improve platform availability, resiliency, and recoverability through modern architectural patterns and deployment strategies Enhance observability, diagnostics, and operational supportability across the platform Serve as a trusted technical resource and mentor for junior-level engineers and co...