Overview

Senior AI Engineer - Generative AI and Search - Artificial Intelligence

Location: London

Business Area: Engineering and CTO

Ref #: 10042335

Responsibilities

• Developing and deploying robust Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems, curating high-quality data for model training and evaluation, and building evaluation frameworks to enable rapid iteration and continuous improvement based on real-world user interactions.
• Designing and implementing tools that enable LLM-powered search agents to effectively handle complex client queries, shaping Bloomberg's generative AI ecosystem, and scaling these innovative solutions to support thousands of users.
• Leveraging both traditional ML approaches and Generative AI to prototype, build, and maintain high-performing, client-facing search and streaming applications that deliver timely and relevant financial insights.
• Building robust APIs to facilitate search across diverse collections of data, ensuring highly relevant results and maintaining system stability and reliability.

What You’ll Have the Opportunity To Do

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers and engineers, to integrate AI solutions into client facing products, enhance analytical capabilities and improve user experience.
• Architect, develop, and deploy production-quality search systems powered by LLMs, emphasizing both ML innovation and solid software engineering practices.
• Continuously identify areas for improvement within our search systems, proactively experiment with new ideas, and rapidly implement promising solutions—even when improvements rely purely on engineering without direct ML involvement.
• Design, train, test, and iterate on models and algorithms while taking ownership of the entire lifecycle, from idea inception to robust deployment and operationalization.
• Stay at the forefront of research in IR, NLP, and Generative AI, incorporating relevant innovations into practical, impactful solutions.
• Represent Bloomberg at industry events, scientific conferences, and within open-source communities.

Qualifications

• Proven practical experience solving real-world problems using NLP, Information Retrieval, Search technologies, and Generative AI technologies. Knowledge of search platforms like Apache Solr or Elasticsearch is a plus.
• Significant industry experience or a relevant academic background (such as an MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Statistics, or Engineering). We value practical ability and a demonstrated track record of delivering impactful results over formal academic qualifications.
• Proficiency in enterprise-grade software engineering practices and principles, including solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and a data-driven problem-solving approach.
• Solid communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical peers and business stakeholders to ensure alignment between technical solutions and client needs.

Benefits and Equal Opportunity

Bloomberg is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

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