AI Platform Engineer, Vice President

BlackRock, Inc.; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company is seeking an AI Platform Engineer to focus on building and evolving their AI Platform. The role involves creating tools to enhance developer productivity and collaborating with teams globally. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in AI technologies, proficiency in object-oriented programming, and experience with cloud platforms. This position offers a hybrid work model with a focus on collaboration. Join a dynamic team dedicated to financial well-being.

Benefits

Retirement investment tools

Education reimbursement

Health and well-being resources

Family support programs

Flexible Time Off

Qualifications

• Strong background in applied AI technologies including LLM frameworks.
• Proficient in designing scalable APIs and managing services.
• Experience working in Agile development teams.

Responsibilities

• Create AI tools that enhance developer productivity.
• Collaborate with product engineering teams on AI/ML solutions.
• Refine business and functional requirements into designs.

Skills

Applied AI technologies

Java/JS stack programming

Collaboration skills

Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP)

CI/CD and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

Agile development experience

Job description

About this role

At BlackRock, we are seeking an AI Platform Engineer to join our team as a technical and team leader. You will play a crucial role in building and evolving our AI Platform, with a focus on code generation, lifecycle benefits and the goal of a more productive engineering organization across several BlackRock businesses, including but not limited to the Aladdin business.

Responsibilities

• Create the AI tools that empower all development across BlackRock, with a focus on developer productivity, enablement and time to market
• Find the right mix of buy and build, negotiating our leveraging of best-in-class products along with our in-house products
• Collaborate with product engineering teams to implement comprehensive AI/ML-based solutions from start to finish.
• Work with team members in a multi-office, multi-country environment.
• Refine business and functional requirements and translate them into scalable technical designs with effective execution

Requirements

• Strong background in applied AI technologies, including LLM frameworks and an understanding of how to optimize and leverage applied models
• Strong understanding of modern AI practices, including prompt engineering, prompt injection, retrieval augmentation, fine-tuning, precision-recall optimization, etc
• Strong proficiency and hands‑on experience in object‑oriented programming with a full Java/JS stack
• Proficiency in designing and building scalable APIs and managing services at scale
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure (Preferred), AWS, or GCP.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working in Agile development teams.
• Excellent collaboration skills.
• (Optional but nice to have): People leadership skills, running small/effective/agile engineering squads.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you build a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well‑being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock's hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person - aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well‑being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children's educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress. This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment - the one we make in our employees. It's why we're dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.