Principal AI Engineer - Strategy & Production Systems

Blackstone; New York (NY); In loco; USD 215.000 - 250.000; Tempo pieno

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Health benefits

Equity potential

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Descrizione del lavoro

Blackstone is seeking an AI Engineer, Principal to serve as the technical partner to the BXCI AI Operating team from assessment through strategy and hands-on execution. You will blend business sense with deep AI stack expertise to form rapid, defensible views on complex systems.

The role emphasizes building prototypes, tooling, and vendor diligence while collaborating with senior leadership to advance portfolio strategies in a fast-paced environment.

Competenze

• 5+ years building AI/ML systems in production environments.
• Fluency in foundation models, agent frameworks, RAG architectures, vector databases, and evaluation frameworks.
• Strong Python engineering skills; experience building APIs and AI‑powered applications.
• Experience shipping AI‑enabled products or features to real users.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and production deployment (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Proficiency in rapidly assessing unfamiliar technical systems and form defensible architectural views.
• Strong written and verbal communication for senior audiences.

Mansioni

• Assessment and Strategy – Assess portfolio companies’ technical reality, translate findings into strategic insight, contribute to internal memos, and build rapid prototypes.
• Tooling and Internal Infrastructure – Build and maintain internal tools that accelerate work across the portfolio.
• Partner Evaluation and Execution Oversight – Lead technical diligence on implementation partners and monitor delivery.

Conoscenze

AI/ML systems

Foundation models

RAG architectures

Vector databases

Python engineering

APIs

Cloud infrastructure

Communication

Strumenti

AWS

GCP

Azure

API design

SaaS platforms

Descrizione del lavoro

Blackstone is seeking an AI Engineer, Principal to serve as the technical partner to the BXCI AI Operating team from assessment through strategy and hands-on execution. You will blend business sense with deep AI stack expertise to form rapid, defensible views on complex systems.

The role emphasizes building prototypes, tooling, and vendor diligence while collaborating with senior leadership to advance portfolio strategies in a fast-paced environment.