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Blackstone Credit & Insurance - AI Engineer, Principal
New York · Principal
Sponsorship not specified$215k-$250kDetected 1 day ago
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About the role
- Blackstone Credit & Insurance AI ("BXCI AI") identifies and responds to AI-driven disruption risk across the BXCI portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Assessment and Strategy - Assess portfolio companies' technical reality (architecture, data assets, infrastructure, talent), translate findings into strategic insight, contribute to internal memos, and build rapid prototypes to validate proposed strategic moves.
- Tooling and Internal Infrastructure - Build and maintain internal tools that make the team more effective: research automation, assessment templates, tracking systems, and reusable components that accelerate work across the portfolio.
- Partner Evaluation and Execution Oversight - Lead technical diligence on implementation partners, monitor their delivery during active engagements, and participate in working sessions with portfolio company teams alongside the AI Executive.
- We work directly with portfolio company leadership to assess competitive exposure, identify defensible assets, and develop strategies that reposition businesses for long-term viability.
- Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.
- Blackstone seeks to deliver compelling returns for institutional and individual investors by strengthening the companies in which the firm invests.
- BXCI is also a leading provider of investment management services for insurers, helping those companies better deliver for policyholders through our world-class capabilities in investment grade private credit.
Requirements
- Experience shipping AI-enabled products or features to real users
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and production deployment (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Proficiency in rapidly assessing unfamiliar technical systems and form defensible architectural views
- No prior financial services experience required.
- The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.
- All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.
- Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:
- Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;
- Fields marked with a red asterisk * must be completed to be considered for employment (although some can be answered "prefer not to say").
- 5+ years building AI/ML systems in production environments
- Fluency in foundation models, agent frameworks, RAG architectures, vector databases, and evaluation frameworks
- Strong Python engineering skills
- experience building APIs and AI-powered applications
- Strong written and verbal communication for senior audiences
- Preferred:
Nice to have
- Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or agent-facing API design
- Familiarity with SaaS or enterprise software businesses
- Prior experience in consulting, investing, or technical diligence
- Exposure to private equity, credit, or portfolio operations environments
Skills
- research automation, assessment templates, tracking systems, and reusable components that accelerate work across the portfolio.
Compensation
- $215,000 - $250,000
- Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location.
- For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.
- Additional compensation and benefits offered in connection with the role consist of comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits; paid time off; life insurance; 401(k) plan; and discretionary bonuses.
- Certain employees may also be eligible for equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone's sole discretion.
- This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.
Benefits
- Blackstone's over $1.3 trillion in assets under management include global investment strategies focused on real estate, private equity, credit, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, secondaries and hedge funds.
Company info
- Engagements may involve business model transitions, competitive repositioning, revenue model changes, partnerships, acquisitions, and new channels designed to serve AI agents as customers.
Equal opportunity
- If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at 212-583-5000 (US), +44 (0)20 7451 4000 (EMEA) or +852 3656 8600 (APAC).
Visa & Work Authorization
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