Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Engineer, Director

Blackrock

Actively hiring
New York, US Posted 55 days ago $240,000–$300,000 / year
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At a glance

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TL;DR

As a Director of AI Platform/Engineering at BlackRock’s Aladdin AI Engineering organization, you will provide technical and strategic leadership to shape the direction of Aladdin’s AI platform, focusing on large language models (LLMs) and agentic AI systems. Your daily responsibilities include setting the technical vision for scalable AI/ML services, ensuring responsible AI practices, and overseeing production readiness. You must have extensive experience with LLM frameworks like LangChain and Google ADK, as well as expertise in Java and Python, cloud platforms, and distributed systems. This role requires a blend of hands-on technical depth and people leadership to mentor senior engineers and build a strong engineering culture while collaborating closely with product managers and business stakeholders to drive continuous improvement and innovation at scale within the firm’s $14 trillion asset management ecosystem.

Skills

Java Python Kubernetes Docker Azure AWS GCP LangChain LlamaIndex Semantic Kernel Google ADK Faiss Chroma MLOps CI/CD Agile Cassandra Kafka

What you'll do

  • Set technical vision and architecture for Aladdin’s AI platform.
  • Lead design and evolution of scalable AI/ML services supporting global users.
  • Ensure AI solutions are built with strong governance and responsible AI principles.
  • Own delivery outcomes for multiple concurrent initiatives, balancing short-term execution with long-term goals.
  • Mentor senior engineers, build a culture centered on technical excellence, and support hiring processes.

What we're looking for

  • Proven experience leading teams building AI-driven platforms and applications.
  • Strong hands-on familiarity with LLM frameworks like LangChain and Semantic Kernel.
  • Experience with Google Agent Development Kit (ADK) or comparable agent frameworks.
  • Deep understanding of agentic AI architectures including multi-agent coordination.
  • Solid understanding of MLOps practices, model lifecycle management, and observability.
  • Extensive experience designing and operating scalable APIs, microservices in production.
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with significant leadership roles.

Market check

Salary context

This $240,000–$300,000 range sits above 85% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$183,300–$262,400

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$188,821–$250,250

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Blackrock

BlackRock is the world''s largest asset management firm, providing investment management, risk management, and advisory services to institutional and retail clients through its Aladdin technology platform. Industry: Asset Management & Financial Services

Blackrock currently has 104 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $140,000–$195,000 across 101 roles with salary data.

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