About this role
Job title: Vice President
About this role
Your team
This role sits within Preqin, part of BlackRock, and is aligned to the Derived Data team. Preqin is a leading provider of private markets data and analytics, delivering trusted data, benchmarks, and insights that support decision-making across the private markets investment lifecycle. The team develops high-quality data products and scalable technology solutions that increase transparency and enable data-driven decision-making across private markets. Your work will contribute directly to BlackRock’s strategy of delivering integrated public and private market solutions.
Your role and impact
We are looking for a data-savvy software engineer to help build scalable, production-grade systems that support the research, experimentation, and development of innovative private markets data products. As a Vice President, you will operate in a player-coach model, combining hands-on technical leadership with people management responsibilities.
You will partner closely with product, analytics, and business stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into robust technical solutions and delivery plans while setting a high bar for engineering excellence, reliability, and operational maturity. Your work will enhance transparency, operational efficiency, and data-driven decision-making for institutional investors and private markets clients, helping position BlackRock as a leading technology and data provider in private markets.
Key responsibilities
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Architect, build, and own scalable software solutions end-to-end, translating business objectives into technical designs through implementation, deployment, and production support.
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Design and implement reproducible, testable data workflows that enable advanced analytics and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) use cases, incorporating validation, monitoring, observability, experimentation, versioning, and production deployment capabilities.
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Lead architectural decisions and influence technical prioritisation, partnering closely with product and delivery teams to align engineering effort with business impact.
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Act as a technical authority within the wider team, elevating engineering standards and driving best practices in data management, governance, and cloud-native development.
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Engage senior stakeholders, clearly communicating complex technical trade-offs and recommendations in business-relevant terms.
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Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists, analysts, and product leaders to deliver high-impact solutions for institutional investors and private markets clients.
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Lead, coach, and develop software engineers, combining hands-on technical contribution with people management to foster a high performing, inclusive, and continuously improving engineering culture.
What we are looking for:
- Demonstrated ability to design, build, and operate scalable production-grade software systems for data processing, including expert