Director, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Engineer

hackajob is partnering directly with BlackRock to hire for this role.

About this role

AI Labs Overview

For more than three decades, BlackRock has combined world-class talent and technology to redefine?what's?possible in asset management. Today, AI is reshaping every aspect of our industry, from investments and client experiences to operations, risk management, and product innovation. BlackRock AI Labs sits at the center of that transformation.

AI Labs is BlackRock's advanced AI?science and?engineering?organization. We partner with teams across the firm to solve some of the most complex and consequential challenges in financial services, applying generative AI,?machine learning,?optimization,?and?statistics?to deliver measurable business impact.?Our mission is?simple but ambitious: combine human and machine intelligence to revolutionize asset management.

What sets AI Labs apart is our ability to move from idea to?impact. We are not a research lab detached from the business, nor are we a traditional software engineering organization. We are a hybrid team of?scientists and?engineers who build solutions that?run at scale in?production environments?and?create capacity for our business partners.?From AI-powered investment insights and risk management solutions to next-generation agentic workflows and enterprise AI platforms, our work?is helping to?shape the future of BlackRock.

Our teams work on some of the firm's?highest priority?strategic initiatives, including large-scale generative AI systems, intelligent agents, predictive analytics, optimization engines, operational risk solutions, and AI platforms that accelerate innovation across BlackRock. We help define best practices,?establish?technical standards, and enable teams throughout the organization to adopt AI safely, effectively, and at scale.

AI Labs has offices in New York, Edinburgh, Atlanta,?San Francisco?and Seattle.

We are looking for candidates with unique backgrounds and diverse skill sets with fresh perspectives to accelerate and amplify our efforts to make an impact at BlackRock.

In this role, you can expect to:

Provide technical leadership, set architectural direction, and drive key design decisions across multidisciplinary teams.

Design, build, andoperateproductionAI/ML systems across areas such as generative AI, intelligent agents...