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Senior ML/AI Modeler, Risk Automation Machine Learning

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment.

Block

Employee count: 5000+

Salary: $189K – $284K per year

United States only

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Role Overview

The Risk Automation ML team automates Risk and Compliance investigations and decision making at Block through the application of agentic and generative AI technology. We work globally with partners in Product, Engineering and Operations to ensure that we are providing a safe user experience for our customers while minimizing or eliminating bad activity on our platform.

What You Will Do

Experiment and deploy AI copilot and autopilot systems at scale to improve analyst productivity and/or eliminate manual decision loops altogether. Own the end to end system including API calls to disparate data sources, advanced prompt tuning, orchestration, metrics and evaluation, productionization and monitoring.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Have a curious, growth-oriented mindset and the ability to think in first principles to identify creative solutions that demonstrate value. Experience of independently owning, influencing and driving programs with multiple cross functional stakeholders that have significant business impact.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of Machine Learning modeling experience
  • Full stack ML experience is strongly preferred
  • A Masters or advanced degree in computer science, data science, operations research, applied math, stats, physics, or a related technical field
  • 3+ yrs experience with AI engineering, Large language models, and a background in traditional NLP techniques is a strong plus for this role
  • End to end experience of building and deploying ML/AI to production systems (batch and real time) that are performant at scale
  • Experience of independently owning, influencing and driving programs with multiple cross functional stakeholders that have significant business impact

Benefits

  • Remote work
  • Medical insurance
  • Flexible time off
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Modern family planning

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Salary: $189K – $284K per year

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About Block

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Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

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Paid family leave for all parents to support you and your family.

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Block

Company size

5000+ employees

Founded in

2009

Chief executive officer

Jack Dorsey

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