Senior AI Engineer

Senior AI Engineer

New York, NY I Hartford, CT I USA

AXA XL recognizes digital, data and information assets are critical for the business, both in terms of managing risk and enabling new business opportunities. Data and Applied AI assets should not only be high quality but also drive a sustained competitive advantage and delivering a superior experience to our internal, external customers and improving efficiency. Our Innovation, Data and Analytics (IDA) function is focused on driving innovation by optimizing how we leverage digital, data and AI to drive strategy and differentiate ourselves from the competition.

As we develop an enterprise-wide data and digital strategy that moves us toward greater focus on the use of data and strengthen our digital, AI capabilities, we are seeking a Senior AI Engineer. In this role, you will work under guidance of Engineering Manager to apply engineering best practice and latest technology to build data and AI applications utilizing the capacity of AXA XL’ s Data and AI Platforms and cloud technologies.

DISCOVER your opportunity

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Hands-on engineering expert and leader to design, build and monitor AI-empowered applications, partner with sister teams like AI Platforms, Data Sourcing and Delivery etc.
• Understand current and future data and AI downstream consumer needs to ensure application design that is scalable, economical and frontloaded with end-user value.
• Being accountable for successful execution of challenging data and AI projects. Take proactive approach to stakeholder collaboration, requirement refining and planning, focus on end outcomes that answer IDA objectives.
• Leading and hands-on execution of research / POCs into new technologies such as AI tooling, storage and query solutions, specialist frameworks, governance and other tooling.
• Engage, lead and offer guidance to the wider development team like contractors, empower them to make good technical and product decisions during implementation.
• Provide support to data science and data engineering community in scaling value of their work through automation, tooling, and engineering. Advise on engineering best practice and skill gaps where necessary.

In this role, you will report to the Division Lead - Data Science Platform.

SHARE your talent

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• Senior engineering professional with hands-on skills in designing, building, and optimizing scalable cost-efficient data and AI systems and applications in a cloud-first environment.
• Skilled in engineering ways of working such as CI/CD, release lifecycle, observability, testing, continuous model validation with tangible track record of instituting change.
• Programming experience – ideally in Python or open to using Python. Familiarity with all, and expert in some of the below: SQL, Databricks or Spark, MPP databases, data warehouse design, feature store design, Kubernetes, orchestration tools, monitoring tools, Docker, streaming technologies.
• A minimum of a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant discipline
• Extensive experience as a Data Engineer / Software Engineer / ML Engineer / AI Apps on an open-source tech stack with Python, Java / Scala, Spark, cloud platforms, MPP database technologies.

FIND your future

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

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