Director - Hyperion Platform Lead, Software Engineering

BlackRock, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement benefits

Education reimbursement

Comprehensive health and well-being

Family support programs

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

BlackRock, Inc. is seeking a senior engineering leader to own Hyperion, BlackRock's AI-enabled data-processing platform for unstructured information in Private Markets.

You will set architectural direction, drive end-to-end delivery, and lead engineers through scalable, production-grade solutions. You will partner with Aladdin leaders to shape strategy, build a robust roadmap, and foster an inclusive culture focused on ownership, reliability, and innovation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of designing, launching, and owning enterprise-scale, production-grade platforms in business-critical environments.
• Strong senior-level technical judgement and analytical problem-solving skills, with experience making architectural and prioritisation trade-offs.
• Advanced expertise in distributed systems and workflow orchestration, including scalable data-processing architectures.
• Proficiency in Python for data pipelines, orchestration, and automation, with solid software engineering practices (version control, testing, CI/CD).
• Advanced expertise in platform engineering, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud-native technologies.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical leadership and architectural direction for Hyperion, making strategic trade-offs and evaluating innovative technologies.
• Lead end-to-end delivery and production operations of the platform with accountability for scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with Aladdin leaders to define strategic direction and translate priorities into a concrete engineering roadmap.
• Mentor, coach, and develop engineers while fostering an ownership culture and continuous improvement.
• Build strong partnerships with internal platform teams to align approaches and deliver shared capabilities.
• Design Hyperion to support early adopters and evolve toward intuitive, self-service capabilities for developers and non-technical users.
• Maintain high standards of security, software quality, documentation, testing, governance, and operational resilience.

Skills

Distributed systems

Data engineering leadership

Python

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Container orchestration

Architectural trade-offs

Strategic planning

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Hyperion is BlackRock's strategic platform for artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled processing of unstructured data, with a particular focus on Private Markets. The platform enables internal customers, and ultimately external customers, to build scalable data-processing workflows across documents, news articles, websites, and other unstructured sources. You will join BlackRock's Private Markets Data Engineering organisation and lead the development of the Hyperion platform, working closely with engineering and business leaders across Aladdin and other areas of BlackRock. The team is focused on turning complex, unstructured information into scalable data capabilities that support Private Markets workflows. Your role and impact You will provide senior technical and people leadership for Hyperion, shaping a scalable, production-grade platform capable of processing millions of documents, news articles, and websites. You will set architectural direction, make strategic engineering trade-offs, and establish the practices required to operate a business-critical platform with reliability and trust. The role combines hands-on technical leadership with people management and cross-functional influence. You will partner with Aladdin leaders and internal platform teams to establish strategic priorities, support early adopters, and evolve Hyperion towards an intuitive, self-service platform for developers and non-technical users.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical leadership and architectural direction for Hyperion, making strategic trade-offs, solving complex engineering challenges, and evaluating innovative technologies in partnership with engineering and business leaders.
• Lead the end-to-end delivery and sustained production operation of this business-critical platform, with accountability for scalability, reliability, performance, operational resilience, and stakeholder trust.
• Collaborate with Aladdin leaders to define Hyperion's strategic direction and priorities, translating them into a clear and actionable engineering roadmap.
• Lead, coach, and develop engineers while remaining close to the technology, fostering an inclusive culture of ownership, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Build strong partnerships with internal platform teams to co-design architecture, align technical approaches, and deliver shared platform capabilities.
• Design Hyperion to support early adopters while evolving the platform towards intuitive, self-service capabilities for both developers and non-technical users.
• Establish and maintain high standards of engineering excellence across security, software quality, documentation, testing, governance, operational resilience, and sustainable platform development.
  10+ years of experience designing, launching, and owning enterprise-scale, production-grade platforms in business-critical environments, with a track record of delivering reliability, performance, accountability, and stakeholder trust.
• Strong senior-level technical judgement and analytical problem-solving skills, with experience making architectural and prioritisation trade-offs across scalability, cost, governance, reliability, and long-term sustainability.
• Advanced expertise in distributed systems and workflow orchestration, including the design of scalable data-processing architectures.
• Proficiency in Python for data pipelines, orchestration, and automation, supported by strong software engineering practices including version control, testing, and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD).
• Advanced expertise in modern platform engineering, including infrastructure-as-code and enterprise-grade container orchestration platforms supporting declarative infrastructure and horizontal scaling, together with related cloud-native technologies.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing engineers while fostering an inclusive engineering culture centred on ownership, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Exposure to AI-enabled processing of unstructured data and experience in financial markets are desirable.
  BlackRock's hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. 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. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person - aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn , Instagram , YouTube , X , and TikTok . BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law. BlackRock's purpose is to help more and more people experience financial well-being. As a global investment manager and a leading provider of financial technology, our clients-from grandparents, doctors, and teachers to large institutions-turn to us for the solutions they need when planning for their most important goals. People join our firm from around the world to gain real-world experience while making an impact. Discover how you can have a career at BlackRock that's exciting, rewarding and full of possibilities.

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including:

Benefits and Perks

• retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future
• access to education reimbursement
• comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being
• family support programs
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about