AI Engineer, Associate – Data Analytics & AI

The Blackstone Group L.P.; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Blackstone Group L.P. is seeking an AI Engineer to join BXTI’s Data Analytics & AI team in New York. You will embed with business units, translate workflow friction into AI initiatives, and develop production AI solutions using Python and SQL.

You’ll deploy with Git, CI/CD, Docker, and Terraform, while promoting a culture of analytics and AI across the firm. Ideal candidates have 3+ years in AI or software roles, strong Python/SQL skills, and experience with LLMs and AI tooling.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in AI engineering, software engineering, or data analysis roles.
• Fluency in Python and SQL for data access and warehousing.
• Applied experience with LLMs and AI tooling, including prompt engineering and evaluation.
• Production systems shipped under real user load, not prototypes or scripts.
• Experience with version control, CI/CD, containerization, and cloud deployment technologies.
• Ability to ramp quickly on unfamiliar tools with minimal supervision.
• Experience collaborating with non-technical stakeholders to elicit requirements and shape solutions.
• Background in financial tech or alternative asset management is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to document for users and teams.

Responsibilities

• Shadow business units to understand workflows and identify AI opportunities.
• Translate workflow friction into a prioritized pipeline of AI initiatives.
• Develop and maintain production software using Python and SQL.
• Adopt code deployment best practices: Git, CI/CD, Docker, and Terraform.
• Build applied AI solutions and scale adoption with self-service tools.
• Lead talks and training to promote data analytics and AI culture across teams.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects and coordinate with BXTI to move PoCs to production deployments.

Skills

Python

SQL

LLMs

Prompt engineering

Production systems

Cloud deployment

Git

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering/Finance/Economics

Tools

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD tools

Git

Job description

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests. Blackstone’s over $1.3 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram. BXTI is fast paced and entrepreneurial – our open, iterative design processes and rapid pace of development means 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. We are seeking an AI Engineer to join BXTI’s Alternative Asset Management Technology’s Data Analytics & AI team, supporting BXMA, Private Equity, Real Estate, and Private Wealth. This role aims to accelerate AI adoption through discovery, enablement, and execution – co-locating with the business, shadowing live workflows, and shipping solutions against the use cases they uncover. You will work at the intersection of engineering and the business, closing the last-mile gap between enterprise AI capability and the workflows our people rely on every day.

Responsibilities

• Embed with business units – shadowing live workflows, engaging AI power users and champions, and developing functional fluency in how the business raises, services, and reports on capital.
• Translate observed workflow friction into a prioritized pipeline of self-service quick wins and larger platform initiatives, validating demand across teams before committing to build.
• Develop and maintain production software solutions using Python and SQL, ensuring code quality, scalability, reliability, and security.
• Use code deployment best practices, including the use of change control (e.g., Git), CI/CD tooling, containerization (e.g., Docker), and cloud deployment technologies (e.g., Terraform).
• Build and extend applied AI solutions – agentic workflows, retrieval pipelines, and evaluation tooling – and scale adoption through validated self-service runbook and prompt libraries released to the business.
• Promote and cultivate a culture of data analytics, science, and AI within the firm, including leading talks and training sessions for both technology and business teams.
• Lead multiple concurrent projects and collaborate effectively with the broader BXTI organization to transition proofs of concept into supported production deployments.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in an AI engineering, software engineering, or data analysis role, with fluency in Python and SQL for interacting with data and data warehouses.
• Applied experience with LLMs and AI tooling, including fine-tuning, prompt engineering, agentic workflows, retrieval, or model evaluation and benchmarking.
• Demonstrated experience shipping and maintaining production systems under real user load, rather than prototypes or scripts.
• Proficiency in developing within proper software development lifecycle tools, such as version control, CI/CD tools, containerization, and cloud deployment technologies.
• Demonstrated experience to ramp quickly on unfamiliar tools and technology stacks with minimal supervision.
• Experience working directly with non-technical business stakeholders to elicit requirements, understand existing processes, and shape solutions collaboratively before building.
• Experience working within a technology team for a financial firm, with a preference for alternative asset management, private wealth, or fund distribution.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, including experience communicating to both business and technical coworkers, and author documentation appropriate for the user community, development teams, and upper management.
• Experience defining project scope and manage and communicate scope changes.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and raise issues in a timely and productive fashion.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or Economics.

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.

Expected annual base salary range: $110,000 - $170,000. Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables. Additional compensation and benefits offered in connection with the role consist of comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits; paid time off; life insurance; 401(k) plan; and discretionary bonuses. Certain employees may also be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone’s sole discretion.

Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training. All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.

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.

At Blackstone, we look to attract and retain the brightest minds in the business, hiring professionals across a wide range of disciplines. Our employees are integral to the firm’s identity, contributing to a culture of integrity, professionalism and excellence. It is their dedication and passion for their work that has helped Blackstone become a trusted partner for some of the largest institutional investors in the world. We encourage independent thinking and reward initiative, while providing services to help employees grow professionally. Our global business platform and brand reputation provide an unparalleled launch pad for growing your career.