Fundamental Equities Platform Engineer, Portfolio Management Group, Vice President at BlackRock

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Not SpecifiedCompensation

Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Financial Services, Asset ManagementIndustries

Experienced Software Engineer (6+ years) with a background in platform engineering, internal tooling, or developer experience
Comfortable working across Python and front-end stacks (e.g., Streamlit)
Familiar with data platforms like Snowflake or dbt, and how to build reliable services on top of them
Experienced in building or leveraging third-party APIs to connect tools, services, or data sources across systems
Familiarity with Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate) is a plus—not required, but a willingness to grow into it is expected
Equally passionate about technical excellence and team enablement—design with both scale and accessibility in mind
Comfortable building the structures that drive high performance coding culture, including documentation, training, and shared standards
Skilled collaborator across technical and non-technical stakeholders, with experience navigating matrixed organizations

Lead citizen developer community to stabilize, refactor, and document existing solutions (Phase 1)
Build shared libraries and core connectors to eliminate duplication and improve maintainability (Phase 1)
Begin establishing platform-wide design principles and reusable scaffolding (Phase 1)
Lead forums and create workflows to surface promising tools, evaluate their impact, and help scale them across teams (Phase 1)
Act as a citizen developer, building platform tools tied to strategic objectives (Phase 1)
Develop a configuration-driven framework to help citizen developers build scalable solutions (Phase 2)
Establish and evolve a prioritization framework to assess ROI and guide investment in platform capabilities (Phase 2)
Partner laterally with teams in MASS, FFI, and PAG to identify shared challenges, co-develop solutions, and align on best practices (Phase 2)
Strengthen culture in local offices, possibly including indirect reporting lines, to foster unity and shared ownership (Phase 2)
Help evolve the platform into a durable, self-sustaining ecosystem equipped with clear standards, shared tooling, and a connected developer community