Rust, AI Platform Engineer, Director

Blackrock

Hybrid Actively hiring
New York, US Posted 45 days ago $215,000$275,000 / year

At a glance

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TL;DR

Join the AI Platform Engineering team at Aladdin Engineering within BlackRock, where you will design and develop the next generation of scalable AI platforms for investment management. Your daily tasks include implementing Kubernetes clusters, building cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, GCP, or Azure, and maintaining automated pipelines for continuous training and deployment of machine learning models. You will ensure platform security and compliance while collaborating with a multi-office global team to refine requirements into technical designs using quality software engineering practices. Ideal candidates have over 10 years of experience in software and platform engineering, proficiency in Kubernetes and containerization technologies like Docker, expertise in CI/CD tools, and solid knowledge of cloud networking concepts. Proficiency in Rust or C++ and familiarity with data science tools such as PyTorch and Jax are also required.

Skills

Kubernetes AWS GCP Azure Docker CI/CD Terraform Python Rust C++ Prometheus Grafana Jenkins GitHub Actions ArgoCD Helm containerd API gateways PyTorch Jax Numpy

What you'll do

  • Design and develop the next generation of scalable AI platforms for investment management.
  • Implement Kubernetes clusters for deploying AI models across cloud environments.
  • Build automated pipelines for continuous training, testing, and deployment of ML models.
  • Ensure security and compliance of the AI platform in various cloud settings.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to platform performance and reliability.
  • Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs for AI solutions.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of experience in software and platform engineering.
  • Proficiency in Kubernetes, including Helm charts, Kustomize, and custom resource definitions (CRDs).
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Expertise in containerization technologies like Docker and containerd.
  • Experience with CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD.
  • Solid understanding of networking concepts, security policies, and API gateways in cloud environments.

Market check

Salary context

This $215,000–$275,000 range sits above 70% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$170,400$249,800

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$163,871$246,150

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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