Senior AI Engineer

Coterie

Senior AI Engineer developing AI-enabled solutions for commercial insurance. Partnering with R&D and DnA teams to design, build, and deploy intelligent systems.

Posted 5/12/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $115,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Partner with DnA teammates, software engineers and business stakeholders to deliver high-impact, AI-enabled solutions
Create AI capabilities into internal tools, customer-facing products and operational workflows using APIs, cloud services and modern software development practices
Implement secure and compliant AI systems that align with company policies, regulatory expectations and responsible AI principles
Architect/design, build and productionalize AI and machine learning solutions including generative AI, natural language processing, predictive modeling and automation workflows
Develop modularized/templatized code structures; new requests are config changes not rewrites
Help mentor early career data scientists and AI engineers
Evaluate multiple LLM providers (Anthropic, Google, OpenAI) and determine the best fit for each use case based on quality, latency, cost and reliability
Establish monitoring and feedback loops for continuous improvement
Document technical decisions, system architectures and model assumptions
Stay current on emerging AI tools, frameworks, model capabilities and industry best practices; recommend and implement pragmatic adoption strategies

Requirements

What you’ll need

Advanced degree or equivalent professional experience in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Science, Economics, Engineering, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Operations Research, Statistics or a related quantitative field
4+ years of professional experience deploying AI/ML-based applications to production
Intellectual curiosity
Technical proficiency with large language models, prompt engineering, embeddings, vector databases, retrieval-augmented generation or agentic workflows
Technical proficiency in Python including extensive experience with Pytest, Pydantic and FastAPI
Technical proficiency with tools/technologies such as AWS/Azure/GCP, Claude, Databricks, Docker, Gemini, Kubernetes, LangChain, LangGraph, Lucid, OpenAI and SQL
Technical proficiency with production-grade development practices including documentation, testing, version control, code review, CI/CD (GitActions) and observability
Experience designing and deploying systems that account for data privacy, security, access controls and responsible AI considerations
Experience combining ML and LLM approaches in a single system
Familiarity with acquiring data from the web at scale including scraping, proxy management and working with public APIs, aggregators and open-source datasets
A bias toward practical, measurable outcomes and the ability to iterate quickly while maintaining high engineering standards
A clear point of view on the trade-offs between Anthropic, Google and OpenAI models across different task types
Experience building/leveraging reusable AI services or shared tooling that increases operational efficiencies

Benefits

Comp & perks

100% remote
Health insurance through Aetna (we pay 100% of premiums)
Dental and vision insurance through Guardian (we pay 100% of premiums)
Basic life insurance (we pay 100% of premiums)
Access to flexible spending account (FSA) or health savings account (HSA) (for those using HSA eligible plans)
401K plan (up 4% match with immediate vest). Must be 21 years of age or older to participate
Flexible PTO policy offering employees up to 4 weeks of PTO in their first 12 months. Thereafter, PTO usage aligns with company standards and typically does not exceed 5 weeks per calendar year.
12 company-paid holidays each year
Continuing education annual stipend

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Hard Skills & Tools

Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingPredictive ModelingPythonPrompt EngineeringLarge Language ModelsData PrivacyVersion ControlCI/CD

Soft Skills

Intellectual CuriosityMentoringPractical OutcomesIterative DevelopmentHigh Engineering Standards