Application Engineer, Aladdin Product Engineering, Vice President (Gurugram)

About this role

At BlackRock, technology is the foundation of our business. As a VP, Application Engineer, youll lead by example architecting, coding, and mentoring teams to build resilient systems that power our global Aladdin Accounting Retail fund operations. Youll design and deliver enterprise-scale software with a focus on reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices.

This role is ideal for a technical leader who enjoys staying close to the code, guiding design decisions, and solving complex data challenges all while fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. Youll also help the team explore and adopt emerging technologies, including AI-assisted engineering and Generative AI, where they can meaningfully improve engineering productivity, operational workflows, or user experience.

About Aladdin Accounting

• Aladdin Accounting is one of the fastest-growing commercial product businesses within Aladdin.
• A major strategic area within Aladdin and one of BlackRocks largest engineering investments.
• Responsible for the systems that ensure accurate, scalable, and efficient accounting across global operations.
• Expanding into data analytics and pipeline initiatives using Snowflake, Redis, and Kafka to manage high-volume, real-time data.
• Collaborates closely with Product, Operations, and other Engineering teams to deliver business-critical capabilities.
• Agile and cooperative environment that values technical depth, quality, and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop robust, high-performance back-end systems using Java 21+ and the Spring Boot ecosystem.
• Lead design discussions, code reviews, and architecture sessions with a hands-on approach.
• Build and maintain microservices and event-driven systems to process and distribute large-scale financial data with API-first approach.
• Develop data integration and pipeline components that connect systems across Snowflake, SQL Server, and real-time streaming platfo .