Blackstone Technology & Innovations – Vice President

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests. Blackstone’s over $1.3 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram. 

Business Group: Blackstone Technology & Innovations
 

Business Group Overview:

Blackstone Technology & Innovations (BXTI) is the technology team at the core of each of Blackstone’s businesses and new growth initiatives. Serving both internal and external clients, we work to build the next generation of systems that manage risk, create efficiency and improve transparency within the firm and across our broad community of investors and portfolio companies.   

Job Title: Blackstone Technology & Innovations – Vice President

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop innovative technologies that change the Alternative Asset Management industry.
• Work with other engineers and business analysts to design, build, deploy, and support Blackstone Legal and Compliance suit of applications.
• Build internal applications using a highly scalable microservice architecture that is deployed via containers to our cloud hosted Kubernetes environments.
• Utilize Docker to create containerized microservices.
• Build, maintain and integrate web applications and micro-services, on a variety of platforms.
• Develop custom-built applications using C# on the .NET platform, mysql with JavaScript/TypeScript/React/Node.js, and hosted within AWS.
• Develop on top of AWS in order to build scalable and robust solutions.
• Drive the modernization of one or more BXTI application platforms, using cutting edge technology.
• Use modern software development methodologies and tools like JIRA to manage and deliver projects.
• Develop software defined infrastructure using Agile methodology.
• Design data models and persist data to MySQL, DynamoDB or Snowflake.
• Build robust data pipelines connecting to snowflake for data analysis and visualization.
• Integrate various JavaScript libraries such as React to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Follow scalable architectural practices to build fault tolerant distributed systems.
• Leverage Kafka or SQS for messaging and improve Search using ElasticSearch.
• Write automated unit, integration, and deployment tests as well as automate deployments in coordination with Platform and DevOps engineers.
• Use TeamCity and Jenkins to automate deployments.
• Identify opportunities to automate away repetitive tasks and adapt to new technologies in order to further improve Blackstone processes.
• Devise elegant solutions to Blackstone’s most meaningful technical challenges by suggesting best ideas and promoting best practices to support an entrepreneurial environment inside one of the leading companies in its industry.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field required.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in job offered or related occupations required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience using ASP.Net.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience using VB.Net.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience using MVC.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience using WCF.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience using JQuery.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).
• Minimum of 2 years of experience using C#.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience using D3.JS.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience using TFS.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience using VSS.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience using SVN (Tortoise).
• Minimum of 2 years of experience using GIT.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience using Team City.
• Experience can be concurrent.

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

$194,000 - $250,000

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation and benefits offered in connection with the role consist of comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits; paid time off; life insurance; 401(k) plan; and discretionary bonuses. Certain employees may also be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone’s sole discretion.

Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.  All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), +44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or +852 3656 8600 (APAC).

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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