Software Engineer, Analyst - Alternative Asset Management Technology

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 Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram.


Business Description:


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.


BXTI is fast paced and entrepreneurial - our open, iterative design processes and rapid pace of development mean that everyone on the team has the opportunity to make an impact from day one. We are problem solvers who can take projects from idea to implementation. We believe in active mentoring and developing excellence. We collaborate to find the best answers for our customers and for Blackstone. We are critical to the firm maintaining its competitive edge.


Job Description:


As a Software Engineer for Alternative Asset Management Technology (AAMT), you will develop and manage innovative technologies for our Asset Management teams. You will design, build, test, deploy, and support functionality across a variety of stacks and platforms as well as operate as a mentor to other technologists to do the same.


Through partnering with business stakeholders, you'll drive business value while also producing elegant engineering solutions. Internal applications are built using a highly scalable serverless and/or microservice architecture that is deployed via Terraform into AWS. Key technologies in this framework include React, Typescript, Next.js, Python, C#, SQL, Docker, Terraform and AWS.


You will be expected to take ownership of projects and find gaps in design with Blackstone business analysts. You will tackle a variety of problems from automating business processes and scaling out infrastructure to promoting reusable components across the organization.


Responsibilities:

• Use cloud native technologies and services to build scalable and secure applications

• Build, support, and integrate web applications, microservices, and data pipelines on a variety of platforms

• Adopt an inner-source approach and culture to collaborate more effectively

• Use modern software development methodologies and tools like JIRA to manage and deliver projects

• Follow scalable & secure architectural practices to build fault-tolerant distributed systems

• Write automated unit, integration, and deployment tests

• Use Terraform to create and update infrastructure

• Design data models and persist data to Snowflake, DynamoDB, and SQL databases.

• Identify opportunities to automate away repetitive tasks

• Lead technical design and code reviews to drive projects towards the best results

• Promote, implement, and evolve development best practices

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience in Software Engineering positions

• Desire to learn and adapt to new technologies

• Self-starting, entrepreneurial attitude

• Familiarity with developing applications in any one of the public cloud providers, preferably AWS.

• Strong programming experience in any language (Python & Typescript preferred)

• Experience in web application development, including modern frontend frameworks, standard CMS patterns, and server-driven UIs

• Experience with database technology (relational and/or NoSQL)

• Experience driving your projects from inception to completion

• Willingness to teach, coach, and mentor others

• Experience producing high quality code and solicit feedback

• Willingness to take a position and share views freely in a constructive and solution-based manner

• Experience in one or more of messaging, caching, automation, agentic development, and UI frameworks is a plus

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Wordpress
• Experience with NextJS
• Knowledge of standard UI patterns & technologies, including CSS, cookies, OAuth, & Browser APIs
• Familiarity with common web marketing practices, such as analytics & A/B testing

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:

$90,000 - $140,000

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 View phone number on click.appcast.io (US), View phone number on click.appcast.io (EMEA) or View phone number on click.appcast.io (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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