AI Engineer - Infrastructure

The AI team at Applied Underwriters is building and supporting infrastructure for deployed AI systems used to support underwriting and daily operations. This role focuses on deploying, running, and securing the systems that keep AI applications working in production, while also contributing to application and data work.

Role Overview

You will be part of a small group of AI Engineers responsible for infrastructure supporting AI application systems. The work includes adapting existing products to underwriting and operations needs, building new solutions when requirements do not fit, and ensuring the reliability and security of the underlying systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Join a small team of AI Engineers and contribute to shared infrastructure and application efforts.
• Collaborate directly with underwriters and operations staff to understand needs and translate them into practical systems.
• Adapt products already in use to match business requirements, and build new products where there is no existing fit.
• Deploy, run, and secure the systems required by AI applications.
• Support the broader team expectation that each engineer also builds applications and works with data.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, or a related field.
• 0–4 years of experience, including internships and co-ops.
• Strong Python skills and working knowledge of SQL.
• Comfort using Linux, the command line, and at least one major cloud platform.
• Work you built yourself that you can demonstrate, including one or more of the following:
  • An application you deployed and kept running in the cloud.
  • A data pipeline or system integration.
  • Monitoring, testing, or reliability controls for an application or model.
  • Containerized or automated deployments such as Docker or a CI/CD pipeline.
• Curiosity about how the business operates, along with patience to learn insurance from subject-matter experts.
• Clear communication with non-technical colleagues.

Technologies

• Python
• SQL
• Linux
• Docker
• CI/CD pipeline

Compensation and Location

• Location: New York, NY (onsite)
• Salary: USD 100,000 - 120,000 per yearly

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees.
• 401(k) plan with 100% immediate vesting and a 4% company match.
• Paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays.
• Life, disability, critical illness and accident insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for health, dependent care, and commuter-related expenses.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Fitness reimbursement and various additional quality-of-life benefits.

How to Apply

Apply through this posting with your résumé and a link to your GitHub, a deployed app, or a portfolio. Portfolios are reviewed first. If shortlisted, you will walk one of the senior engineers through a project you built and the choices you made.