All of Block's product services are organized into business units with their own product and engineering teams. Underneath, there's a connected platform team that supports the company. We are that platform. Within the platform, our team’s focus is on using AI to accelerate productivity across the company, automating routine tasks like knowledge retrieval and code migrations. Our team works cross-functionally across Block’s business units to deliver the most impactful tools to developers, and oftentimes working closely with teams to understand specific needs, and then generalizing those across Block.
We're looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Machine Learning Engineer that will help us leverage AI to build impactful tools for across Block, with a focus on engineering velocity. You'll bring together content from across Blocks business units and strategically build a foundational platform layer that will power AI applications. This unique opportunity will require you to build and maintain relationships with teams throughout Block and external vendors to collaborate on delivering highly visible and leveraged tools, as well as keep up with evolving AI technology. You’ll provide guidance to teams on what is possible with AI and help drive their AI product direction, in addition to collaboratively building those applications. This is an exciting opportunity to transform the developer experience at Block and become a company expert in AI!
You Will:
Develop a scalable AI platform to host internal and external facing use casesImprove internal productivity and engineering velocity by designing novel AI solutions to automate complex processesDefine the future of AI at Block as a part of a newly formed company-wide initiativeCollaborate across diverse teams to develop AI solutions by understanding and generalizing the problems of cross-functional stakeholdersLead AI innovation by building and open sourcing advanced frameworks and tools to enhance internal workflows and set industry standardsDrive alignment with Block’s AI strategy by acting as a company AI expert and educating other teams about how to apply cutting-edge AI to their domains