Application Engineer, Shared Services Engineering, Director
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Role Overview
We are looking for a Director of Application Engineering to guide a Shared Services engineering team located in Mumbai. This group plays a vital role in the Aladdin platform. They focus mainly on List / CIDS services and manage several Shared Services used worldwide by Aladdin product teams and clients.
This role requires a senior hands-on engineering leader who combines deep technical credibility strong people leadership and delivery ownership. The Director will lead a high-potential yet relatively junior group. Their clear mission is to improve engineering maturity enhance execution rigor and safely expand impact across the platform.
This leadership role requires the Director to maintain technical engagement. Around 4050% of their time will focus on architecture evaluating system builds performing essential coding and addressing complex issues. They will also support the teams growth in autonomy and quality.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership & Technical Strategy
Deliver technical and architectural direction for shared services and dataservices that underpin the Aladdin ecosystem.
Set and uphold high standards for software quality reliability scalability and operational excellence.
Lead build decisions for complex distributed services and guide teams through tradeoffs related to performance resilience and maintainability.
Remain handson in critical areas including building code reviews and selective implementation of highimpact components.
People Leadership & Talent Development
Lead manage and mentor a growing engineering organization with particular focus on developing junior engineers into strong independent contributors.
Build a culture of ownership accountability continuous learning and psychological safety.
Mentor senior engineers and emerging leads crafting a strong internal leadership bench.
Partner with recruiting and HR to attract develop and retain top engineering talent.
Delivery & Execution Excellence
Own endtoend delivery outcomes for the Shared Services portfolio ensuring predictable execution and high service reliability.
Drive SDLC rigor including planning estimation prioritization release management and postproduction support.
Identify and mitigate delivery operational and technical risks proactively.
Collaborator & Client Engagement
Act as a senior technology partner to Product Managers Aladdin collaborators and clients.
Translate product and business needs into scalable technical solutions.
Communicate clearly with senior partners on roadmap risks dependencies and investment needs.
Process Governance & Continuous Improvement
Define and evolve engineering processes aligned to Agile / iterative delivery models with an emphasis on quality and operational safety.
Improve documentation runbooks and operational readiness across shared services.
Drive consistency and guidelines across globally distributed teams.
AIEnabled Engineering
Champion responsible adoption of AIassisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot Windsurf or equivalent).
Guide teams on bringing to bear AI to improve developer efficiency code quality testing and designwithout compromising engineering standards or security.
Required Qualifications & Experience
Technical Expertise
Extensive experience developing and managing backend services and dataservices in largescale production environments.
Solid understanding of databases data models and data access patterns.
Primary programming language is Java (or similar); language is less important than strong system build and engineering fundamentals.
Experience working with distributed systems interconnected architectures and platform services.
Leadership Experience
Proven experience leading engineering teams at scale including direct people management and mentoring.
Demonstrated ability to uplift teams and scale execution safely.
Experience operating as a technical leader within a sophisticated multistakeholder environment.
Execution & Organizational Skills
Strong grasp of SDLC Agile practices and engineering governance.
Ability to balance handson technical involvement with strategic leadership responsibilities.
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence across engineering product and business partners.
Our benefits
To help you stay energized engaged and inspired we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan tuition reimbursement comprehensive healthcare support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax recharge and be there for the people you care about.
Our hybrid work model
BlackRocks 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.
About BlackRock
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