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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 Title: Liquid Credit Technology – India Team Lead - SVP

Location: Bangalore

Job Description:

The Liquid Credit Technology team develops modern fixed-income asset management systems
including portfolio management systems, order management systems, execution management
systems, and trade processing to support Liquid Credit Strategies (“LCS”) business. LCS manages
$114B in AUM across diversified portfolios of fixed income investments, such as bank loans, high
yield bonds, CDS/CDX, Future, Repo, CMBS/RMBS, CLO debt and equity tranches. The new hire will
be a key member of the team developing software solutions for the portfolio managers and traders.
Our existing applications are built on a highly scalable microservice architecture deployed in a
cloud-hosted containerized environment. Key technologies in our stack include Angular, React,
Fast API, Python, C#, Terraform, SQL, AWS ECS, AWS Lambda, AWS SNS/SQS, CI/CD tooling (e.g.,
Jenkins, Gitlab Runners), and data warehouse solutions like Snowflake.

Responsibilities:

• Build and lead a team of engineers across multiple products, coach and train team members,
establish a collaborative culture, and demonstrate a willingness to learn from others
• Establish best-in-class engineering practices following the firm’s guidance
• Collaborate with businesses, product owners, and tech leads across region
• Use cloud native technologies and services to build scalable, reliable, and secure applications
• Lead technical design and code reviews with team members, participate in Agile ceremonies,
and troubleshoot software defects
• Build, support, and integrate web applications, microservices, and data pipelines on many
platforms with high code quality.
• Write automated units, integration, and deployment tests.
• Utilize standard CI/CD tooling (GitLab Runners) to build and deploy application code in various
environments.
• Provide technical support, automate repetitive tasks, and stay updated with industry trends and
emerging technologies.

Qualifications:

We seek to hire individuals who are highly motivated, intelligent, and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. In addition, the successful candidate should have:

• 12+ years of proven software engineering experience in relevant industry, with proficiency in C#, Python, JavaScript, Typescript, databases (relational and/or NoSQL), and cloud technologies, preferably AWS.

• Experience with building and leading a team of engineers across multiple products

• Experience with fixed-income front-o􀆯ice and middle-o􀆯ice trading systems

• Experience as a hands-on tech lead with e􀆯ective collaboration with businesses, product

• managers, UX designers, and other tech leads across regions

• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial attitude, willing to teach and mentor others, and desire to work in a dynamic team environment

• Experience with RESTful API design, development, and scalable microservice architectures

• Ability to develop scalable, secure, and maintainable code, with a strong background in objectoriented programming

• Excellent problem-solving skills and e􀆯ective communication skills

• Experience with automation testing approaches and performance testing

• Bachelor's degree (BSc/BA) or above in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

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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.

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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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