Director Hyperion Engineering

AboutHyperion

Hyperion is BlackRocksstrategicplatform forAI-enabled processing ofunstructured data in particular related to Private Markets.The platformenables internal and eventuallyexternalcustomersto builddata processingworkflows.

The goal istoautomaticallyprocessmillions of documents newsarticles and websites every day byleveragingthelatest technology forworkflow orchestrations and AI data processing.

RoleOverview

You will join BlackRocks Private Markets Data Engineering organisationleading the development of theHyperion platform.

You willlead the team thatdesigns builds andoperatesascalableproduction-gradeplatformin close alignment with other leaders of the project as well as leaders of other areas of BlackRock.

Key Responsibilities

• Ownsenior technicalleadership andarchitecturaldirectionforthenascentHyperion platform i.e.making strategic trade-offs solve complexchallengesandadopt innovative technologiesin close collaboration with other leaders.

• Enhance our culture centred around empowering each team member to innovate and instillinga strong senseof ownership.

• Collaborate withleaders ofBlackRock Aladdin to define the strategic direction and priorities of the project.

• Lead coach and develop engineers combining hands-on technical contribution with people management.

• Own theend-to-enddelivery ofthiscomplexbusiness criticalplatform from design through sustained production operation with accountability for outcomes reliability and trust.

• Build strong relationships with other internal platform teams to co-design the overall architecture andpartner towards a common goal.

• Design the platform in a way that enables early adopters while driving towards a self-service approach for developersand non-technical users.

Required Experience

• Demonstratedexperience (10 years)designing and launchingenterprise scaleproduction gradeplatforms with a strongtrack recordof reliability performance and stakeholder trust inbusiness-criticalenvironments.

• Proven ability to exercise senior technical judgement making architectural and prioritisationtrade-offsacross complex data ecosystems including scalability cost governance andlong-termsustainability considerations.

• Advancedexpertisedistributed systemsandworkflow orchestration.

• Proficiencyin Python for building and operating data pipelines orchestration and automation supported by solid software engineering fundamentals (version control testing CI/CD).

• Advancedexpertisewithmodern platform infrastructure and enablement practicesincluding infrastructure-as-code (Terraform orequivalent) container orchestration (Kubernetes) and related cloud-native technologies.

• Experience leading mentoring and developing engineerswhile buildingastrongteamculturewitha strong senseof ownership and proactive innovation.

Desirable Experience

• Exposure toAIenabled capabilitiesfor processing of unstructured data.

• Experience in financial markets.

Who You Are

• Youoperatewitha strong senseof ownership and accountability taking responsibility for complexbusiness criticaldata platforms and driving initiatives through to sustained production impact.

• You continuously strive to improve culture beyond your team.

• You apply rigorous analytical thinking to ambiguous problems using evidence engineering judgement and structureddecision-makingto deliver scalablewell governedsolutions.

• You set a high bar for engineering excellence embedding best practices in security code quality documentation testing and operational resilience.

• You collaborate effectively across disciplines building trusted partnerships with product analytics and business stakeholders.

• You lead through influence and example fostering an inclusive collaborative andhigh performingengineering culture.

• Youdemonstratea growth mindset andcontinuous improvementorientation embracing change and challenging established ways of working to deliver better outcomes at scale.