Application Engineering Director

About this role Your team Aladdin Accounting is one of the fastest-growing businesses within Aladdin and represents a significant strategic investment for BlackRock. The team builds and operates the technology platforms that power accurate, scalable, and efficient accounting across global operations. Our engineers develop business-critical application, data, reporting, and workflow systems while driving modernization through distributed architectures, advanced data platforms, and engineering innovation. Working closely with Product, Operations, Data, and Engineering partners, the team delivers capabilities that support BlackRock and the broader Aladdin client ecosystem. Your role and impact As an Engineering Director, Application Engineering, you will serve as a senior technology leader responsible for shaping architecture, engineering strategy, and delivery across enterprise-scale platforms supporting global post-trade operations. You will connect long-term technology vision with pragmatic execution, influence critical technical decisions, and help develop the next generation of engineering leaders. This role combines deep technical expertise with organizational leadership, enabling you to drive modernization, improve platform resiliency, and deliver meaningful business outcomes at scale. Your responsibilities In every role at BlackRock, you'll be expected to apply sound judgement and critical thinking to solve complex problems, adapt as the business evolves, and combine the curiosity to explore new approaches and technologies with the rigor to challenge the results. The scope of this role also includes the following responsibilities: Define and drive technology strategy, target-state architecture, and engineering direction across application and data platforms while ensuring alignment with broader Aladdin strategy. Provide technical leadership for distributed application, integration, and data platforms, guiding critical design and architecture decisions across enterprise technologies. Translate business priorities into executable technology roadmaps, leading modernization initiatives and balancing technical debt reduction with delivery objectives. Establish engineering standards and ensure solutions are designed for quality, resilience, security, operational excellence, and governance. Partner with business and technology stakeholders to evaluate strategic trade-offs, manage dependencies, and maximize business outcomes. Develop senior engineering talent and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. Drive adoption of AI-enabled engineering capabilities and intelligent automation opportunities while maintaining appropriate risk and control standards. Your experience Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with a minimum of 12 years of demonstrated leadership experience across enterprise-scale software engineering environments. Deep expertise in modern application architecture, distributed systems, microservices, application programming interfaces (APIs), event-driven architectures, and enterprise software design. Strong technical depth across enterprise application development and data architecture, including large-scale processing, data modeling, performance optimization, and software engineering best practices. Experience designing and operating large-scale application and data platforms using modern messaging, caching, and distributed processing approaches. Demonstrated success defining technology strategy, leading complex multi-team initiatives, and balancing modernization investments with delivery objectives. Strong leadership, communication, decision-making, risk management, reliability, security, and operational excellence capabilities within business-critical environments. Exposure to artificial intelligence (AI), large language model (LLM) concepts, cloud-native platforms, observability technologies, automation frameworks, and regulated financial-services environments. 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 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. Guidance on AI use for candidates At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work – enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn, prepare, and work more effectively; but during our interview process, we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences, thinking, and judgment. To support you, we’ve provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self. About BlackRock At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress. This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive. To learn more about BlackRock, please visit . 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