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Senior ML Platform Engineer - Artificial Intelligence

New York, NYOnsiteFull TimeSenior$160,000–$240,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • transformers
  • gradient boosted decision trees
  • large language models
  • dense vector databases
  • Gen AI
  • Kubeflow
  • KServe
  • Argo
  • Buildpacks
  • GitOps

Nice to have

  • AI application teams
  • open-source communities
  • regulatory requirements
  • cloud-native deployment patterns
  • user-facing documentation

Role summary

Bloomberg's Engineering AI department is seeking Senior ML Platform Engineers to contribute to innovative AI-driven products. This role involves architecting, building, and maintaining multi-tenant AI platforms using open-source technologies like Kubernetes, Kubeflow, and Argo. Responsibilities include designing CI/CD automation, cloud-native deployment patterns, and seamless workflows for model training, inference, and monitoring. The ideal candidate will have 4+ years of experience in object-oriented programming (Python, Go), cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and MLOps, with a strong understanding of computer science fundamentals.

Senior ML Platform Engineer - Artificial Intelligence

Description & Requirements

Bloomberg’s Engineering AI department has 400+ AI practitioners building highly sought after products and features that often require novel innovations. We are investing in AI to build better search, discovery, and workflow solutions using technologies such as transformers, gradient boosted decision trees, large language models, and dense vector databases. We are expanding our group and seeking highly skilled individuals who will be responsible for contributing to the team (or teams) of Machine Learning (ML) and Software Engineers that are bringing innovative solutions to AI-driven customer-facing products. At Bloomberg, we believe in fostering a transparent and efficient financial marketplace. Our business is built on technology that makes news, research, financial data, and analytics on over 35 million financial instruments searchable, discoverable, and actionable across the global capital markets.
Bloomberg has been building Artificial Intelligence applications that offer solutions to these problems with high accuracy and low latency since 2009. We build AI systems to help process and organize the ever-increasing volume of structured and unstructured information needed to make informed decisions. 
Our use of AI uncovers signals, helps us produce analytics about financial instruments in all asset classes, and delivers clarity when our clients need it most.
We are looking for Senior ML Platform Engineers with strong expertise and passion for building platforms for (Gen) AI applications.
As a Senior ML Platform Engineer, you will have the opportunity to create a more cohesive, integrated, and managed AI development life cycle to enable the building and maintenance of our AI systems. Our teams make extensive use of open source technologies such as, Kubernetes, Kubeflow, KServe, Argo, Buildpacks, and other cloud-native MLOps technologies. From technical governance to upstream collaboration, we are committed to enhancing the impact and sustainability of open source.
Join the AI Group as a Senior ML Platform Engineer and you will have the opportunity to:
  • Architect, build, and diagnose multi-tenant AI platform systems
  • Work closely with AI application teams to design seamless workflows for continuous model training, inference, and monitoring
  • Work with AI experts to understand workflows, pinpoint, and resolve inefficiencies, and to inform the next set of features for the platforms
  • Collaborate with open-source communities and AI application teams to build a cohesive MLOps experience
  • Design CI/CD automation frameworks that incorporate regulatory requirements
  • Develop cloud-native deployment patterns for AI systems across environments
  • Troubleshoot and debug user issues
  • Provide operational and user-facing documentation

We are looking for a Senior ML Platform Engineer with:
  • 4+ years of experience working with an object-oriented programming language (Python, Go, etc.)
  • Experience designing cloud-native, distributed platforms
  • Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Argo, and container orchestration technologies
  • Previous experience with modern CI/CD tools and GitOps workflows
  • Familiarity with implementing automation for model development lifecycles
  • A proactive mentality and ability to collaborate with peers, stakeholders, and management
  • A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or similar field of study or equivalent work experience
  • An understanding of Computer Science fundamentals such as data structures and algorithms

We give back to the technology community and you can read more about our outreach at: http://www.techatbloomberg.com/ai

Salary Range = 160000 - 240000 USD Annually + Benefits + Bonus

The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.
Salary Range = 160,000 - 240,000 USD Annual + Benefits + Bonus
The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.

We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation (exempt roles only), paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.
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