Vice President, Full Stack Engineer

About this role The Team: The Global Marketing & Digital Wealth organization at BlackRock is a forward-looking, globally connected team at the center of the firm’s most high-impact priorities. We are architects of growth, working across functions and markets to unlock opportunities and accelerate outcomes for the business. In collaboration with both internal and external partners, we design the conditions for success—delivering next-generation campaigns, brand platforms, communications, training, and client experiences. Our work is powered by world-class centers of excellence spanning content strategy, research & analytics, and digital platforms & experiences. Role and Impact: The Global Digital Team, including Digital Data Platforms and Digital Experiences, is a fast-growing global function at BlackRock which seeks to engage a multi-trillion-dollar audience of investors, advisors, and institutions with our diverse range of investment products. We are at the centre of a company-wide focus on growing our footprint in the digital space, and we operate at the intersection of design, technology, and data. We are constantly driving digital innovation across the domains of web, mobile apps, conversational AI, data models and analytics; while simultaneously driving their implementation, scale, and local adaptations globally. As we take an innovative approach for our clients, we are building out our team, and we’re looking for an A-player to join our Digital Experiences global team. Primary responsibilities Lead and mentor a team of frontend and full stack developers, ensuring high-quality code and following established guidelines. Collaborate with product managers, designers and collaborators to translate business requirement into technical solutions. Being involved in inception to delivery of various features and products on a dedicated and exciting product roadmap Architect, design and implement scalable, secure and high-performing applications. Oversee end-to-end development lifecycle : coding, testing, deployment and support. Review code, provide feedback, and enforce coding standards. Evaluate and implement new tools, framework and technologies to optimize development processes. Willing to embrace work outside of your comfort zone, and open to mentorship from others; you make mistakes, but learn from them Ensure system performance, reliability and security across applications. Fix and resolve complex technical issues in a timely manner Promote continuous learning and innovation within the team Team Leadership: Position the team for leadership in emerging areas such as AI, personalization, and dynamic digital experiences on web and mobile apps Lead a team of 5 engineers – growing to 8 Provide technical leadership and career growth for the engineers Build talent pipeline with external and internal candidates Build an engineering network across BlackRock Project Leadership: Ownership approach, Agile product development practices Collaborate with global partners, product managers, designers and other engineering leaders in the organization Deliver complex digital projects on time and with high level of quality Is a must: 7 years hands-on Java development experience with distributed system designs and Java application servers (Apache Tomcat, Spring Framework) Strong hands‑on expertise in React.js , with experience building scalable, performant, and accessible web applications. Strong hands‑on Java development experience, crafting and implementing backend services and APIs in enterprise‑scale environments. Experience with Test Driven Development (JUnit, TestNG, EasyMock, JMock) Experience supporting Unix/Linux platforms Exposure to building microservices and APIs ideally with REST, Kafka or gRPC. Experience with relational database and/or NoSQL Database (e.g., Apache Cassandra) Exposure to high scale distributed technology like Kafka, Mongo, Ignite, Redis. Experience with the RESTful Services and ... (truncated, view full listing at source)