Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
Blackstone Technology & Innovations
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 nimble 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 Private Equity & Real Estate Technology, you will be part of a dynamic team of full-stack engineers in designing, building, deploying, testing, and supporting applications and related services hosted on AWS. Collaborating with business stakeholders, you will drive business value while ensuring the delivery of high-quality code. You’ll tackle a variety of problems from scaling out infrastructure to promoting business efficiency through automating business processes. You’ll devise elegant solutions to Blackstone's most important problems and put your own best ideas to work in an entrepreneurial environment inside one of the world's most successful companies.
Our internal applications leverage a highly scalable microservices architecture deployed on cloud-hosted containerized environment. Key technologies in our stack include NextJS/React, FastAPI, Python, C#, Terraform, SQL, AWS ECS, AWS Lambda, AWS Step Function, AWS DynamoDB, AWS S3, CI/CD tooling (e.g., Jenkins), and data warehouse solutions like Snowflake.
Responsibilities:
Developing and maintaining software solutions using languages such as Python, C#, TypeScript/JavaScript, and SQL, ensuring high code quality, scalability, reliability, and security.
Creating, deploying, and maintaining APIs and microservices to integrate with front-end and third-party applications.
Writing automated unit, integration, and deployment tests to ensure software quality.
Building cloud-native solutions using AWS, Terraform, and Docker focusing on scalability and robustness.
Utilizing standard CI/CD tooling, such as GitLab and Jenkins, to automate deployment of application code across different environments.
Building, supporting, and integrating with applications, microservices, and data pipelines on various platforms.
Embracing an inner-source approach and culture to enhance collaboration within the organization.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and implement new features and applications, following Agile methodologies and utilizing tools like JIRA.
Mentoring junior developers, contributing to a positive team culture, and being open to learning from senior engineers.
Automating deployments using GitLab and Jenkins in coordination with Platform and DevOps engineers.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
1+ years of software engineering experience, with proficiency in C# and/or Python
Experience working with databases (relational and/or NoSQL) and cloud technologies (preferably AWS), is highly desirable.
Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools like Terraform and containerization technologies like Docker.
Understanding of Agile methodologies, especially Scrum, and ability to manage projects from start to finish.
Deep understanding of RESTful API design, development, and scalable microservice architectures.
Ability to develop scalable, secure, and maintainable code with strong object-oriented programming experience.
Eager to learn, excellent problem-solving abilities, and a strong attention to detail.
Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, along with the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, are essential.
Self-starter with an entrepreneurial attitude, willing to teach, mentor others, and learn new technologies.
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.
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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