Gen AI Platform Team Lead - Artificial Intelligence | London, UK

Bloomberg

London

1 week ago

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Bloomberg is a global leader in business and financial information, delivering trusted data, news, and insights that bring transparency, efficiency, and fairness to markets. The Bloomberg Terminal connects influential communities across the global financial ecosystem via reliable technology that enables our customers to make informed decisions and foster collaboration. For over a decade, Bloomberg has been a trailblazer in financial applications of AI, machine learning, and natural language processing (NLP). The Artificial Intelligence group is responsible for driving adoption of these technologies at Bloomberg, with over 300 research engineers working collaboratively to provide clients with the best-in-class news, research, market data, and analytics.

The AI group contributes to Bloomberg's flagship products such as news, research, pricing, communications platforms, search and discovery tools. We work on a variety of AI subfields, including NLP, information retrieval, time series analysis, and recommender systems. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated GenAI Platform Team Lead who will be responsible for leading a team of platform engineers within the AI group. This role focuses on building and scaling Bloomberg's internal platform for GenAI application development, enabling teams to rapidly prototype, productionise, deploy, and manage AI-powered solutions across the organization.

What's In It for You:

Drive innovation in Enterprise-scale GenAI Application Platform development
Opportunity to shape the future of GenAI Applications at Bloomberg
Lead a team working on cutting-edge technology that impacts thousands of financial professionals
Work with and contribute to leading open-source projects
Collaborate with world-class AI researchers and engineers

We'll Trust You To:

Lead and mentor a team of platform engineers building our multi-tenant GenAI applications development platform
Collaborate with internal, cross-functional teams, as well as open-source communities, to build a cohesive GenAI experience
Work with stakeholders across Bloomberg to understand their GenAI application needs and translate them into platform capabilities
Champion the adoption of the platform across Bloomberg's engineering teams
Spearhead the architecture and development of our platform and make technical decisions that balance immediate needs with longer-term strategic goals

You'll Need to Have:

Extensive full-stack software engineering experience, with proven experience building developer platforms or tools
Deep understanding of the GenAI application lifecycle, including application prototyping, productionization and maintenance
Previous experience leading and managing technical teams
Proven experience building and operating large-scale, multi-tenant platforms
Strong expertise with container orchestration (particularly Kubernetes) and cloud-native technologies
Proficiency in Python, Go and/or Typescript
A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or similar field of study or equivalent work experience
Ability to effectively communicate, challenge, and influence team members, peers, and stakeholders
History of successfully delivering on key initiatives and driving long-term strategic technology plans

We'd Love to See:

Familiarity with large language models and their operational requirements
Knowledge of vector databases and efficient retrieval systems
Understanding of the financial services domain and associated requirements (e.g., compliance, governance, risk management)
Contributions to open-source projects, particularly in the ML/AI application space (e.g., LlamaIndex, LangChain, Streamlit, Gradio)
Experience with Bloomberg's Platform tech stack (including Kubernetes, Argo Workflows, Buildpacks)
Strong track record of cross-team collaboration and stakeholder management

If this sounds like you, apply if you think we're a good match! We'll get in touch with you to let you know what the next steps are. In the meantime, check us out athttp://www.techatbloomberg.com/ai.

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