Full-Stack Software Engineer, AVP - Investor Portal – New York

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 $1.1 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, X, 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 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

We are looking for a full-stack web application developer to work on expanding Blackstone’s Investor Portal team, which serves a large spectrum of users and stakeholders inside and outside of the firm.  As a full-stack developer, you will be collaborating with a team of engineers on a variety of components and applications within that space, including web-based front-end applications, RESTful APIs, serverless services running in AWS, CI/CD pipelines, etc.  As a member of the team, you will embrace Blackstone’s standards and SDLC methodologies to deliver innovative solutions and maintain existing platforms.

The ideal candidate is curious and can work independently through interesting technical challenges while actively collaborating with their team on broader initiatives.  They know how to communicate clearly and efficiently, in person or in writing.  They have experience building and maintaining sophisticated web applications using modern, Cloud-based technologies, and are very comfortable using front-end technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement front-end and back-end software solutions using C#/.NET, TypeScript/React, and Cloud-native components running in AWS.

• Actively look for opportunities to enhance and consolidate the system.

• Document technical changes to the system.

• Implement observability to track performance and alert about issues.

• Enforce code quality by performing code reviews.

• Maintain CI/CD pipelines and use DevOps tools such as Terraform and Jenkins.

• Collaborate with the Product team to collect and refine business requirements.

• Assist the App Support team with reporting and troubleshooting.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies.

Mandatory Skills

• At least 5 years of demonstrable work experience as a Software Developer.

• Meaningful experience building front-end applications using TypeScript and React.

• Experience with C# and .NET Core platform.

• Experience working with relational databases such as SQL Server.

• Familiarity with the software development life cycle (SDLC) from preliminary analysis to implementation, then release.

• Familiarity with AWS offerings like Lambda, ECS, DyanmoDB, and S3 or their equivalent on other cloud platforms.

• Experience working with version control tools such as Git.

• Experience working with Docker and containers is a plus.

• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Gitlab Runners, Jenkin, and Terraform is a plus.

• Skill to understand, troubleshoot, and maintain existing systems.