Block
SeniorML/AIModeler,RiskAutomationMachineLearning
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“Senior ML/AI Modeler, Risk Automation Machine Learning at Block. Skills: Machine Learning, AI, Agentic AI, Generative AI. Experiment and deploy AI copilot and autopilot systems. Improve analyst productivity”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve analyst productivity; Eliminate manual decision loops; Improve downstream detection tasks
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What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years Machine Learning modeling experience, Masters or advanced degree in computer science, data science, operations research, applied math, stats, physics, or a related technical field, End to end experience building and deploying ML/AI to production systems, Experience owning, influencing and driving programs with multiple cross functional stakeholders
Nice to Have
Full stack ML experience strongly preferred, 3+ yrs experience with AI engineering, Large language models background, Traditional NLP techniques background is a plus
What You'll Do.
Experiment and deploy AI copilot and autopilot systems
Improve analyst productivity
Eliminate manual decision loops
Own the end to end system
Call disparate data sources
Monitor metrics and evaluation
Productionize systems
Leverage diverse data sets
Build transformer based ML models
Improve downstream detection tasks
Work cross functionally with stakeholders
Deploy production grade systems
Monitor and tune ongoing performance
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross functional stakeholders; Product; Platform; Engineering; Operations
Process & Methodology
Roadmaps, Priorities
Full Job Description
Block builds simple, powerful tools that make progress towards an economy that’s truly open to all. Each of our brands unlocks different aspects of the economy for more people. Square makes commerce and financial services accessible to sellers. Cash App is the easy way to spend, send, and store money. Afterpay is transforming the way customers manage their spending over time. TIDAL is a music platform that empowers artists to thrive as entrepreneurs. Bitkey is a simple self-custody wallet built for bitcoin. Proto is a suite of bitcoin mining products and services. Together, we’re helping build a financial system that is open to everyone. Join us. The Role 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. We are leveraging agentic and generative AI as an integral part of our toolkit to fulfill our mission. Block's machine learning systems monitor billions of payment transactions across traditional payment and blockchain networks and surface suspicious activity (fraudulent, suspicious, illegal activity and brand violations) for trained Operations analyst review and decisioning. We are leveraging generative AI to accelerate historically manually intensive analyst workflows; by adding features in the investigative UX to accelerate agent productivity and enable them to make faster, more informed and accurate decisions (aka Copilots). We also automate workflows end to end completely eliminating the need for manual reviews (aka Autopilots). This is a new and significant opportunity to rethink and optimize Risk Operations at Block at scale. This is an IC role, but the senior level has significant leadership responsibilities that include owning, and driving s
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