AI Applied Engineer

Insight Global; New York (NY); On-site; USD 127,500 - 172,500; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to identify, build, and deploy practical AI solutions across the organization. This role partners with engineering teams, business stakeholders, and end users to transform AI capabilities into scalable, production-ready tools that enhance trading, research, and operational processes.

This hands-on role owns the full lifecycle of AI initiatives from evaluating opportunities and developing prototypes to deploying, optimizing, and maintaining

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying AI-powered applications.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience building applications using LLMs and AI APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic).
• Experience with evaluating and fine-tuning closed models.
• Demonstrated ability to build and ship AI-driven tools or workflows.
• Experience deploying applications (AWS, Azure, GCP, VM environments, or similar).
• Ability to independently build, deploy, and maintain internal tools.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, analytical, or creative field.
• Experience with AWS.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities for AI-powered solutions and develop production-ready implementations that scale across the organization.
• Own the full lifecycle of AI initiatives—from evaluation, prototyping, and development to deployment, optimization, and maintenance in production.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, business stakeholders, and end users to translate requirements into effective AI workflows that improve efficiency and operations.

Skills

Python

LLMs & AI APIs

AWS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Overview

Applied AI Engineer to help identify, build, and deploy practical AI solutions across the organization. This role partners with engineering teams, business stakeholders, and end users to transform AI capabilities into scalable, production-ready tools that enhance trading, research, and operational processes. This is a highly hands-on role focused on execution and delivery, owning the full lifecycle of AI initiatives from evaluating opportunities and developing prototypes to deploying, optimizing, and maintaining solutions in production. The role bridges technical expertise and business needs to create AI-driven workflows that improve efficiency and streamline operations.

Salary: 150k

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities for AI-powered solutions and develop production-ready implementations that scale across the organization.
• Own the full lifecycle of AI initiatives—from evaluation, prototyping, and development to deployment, optimization, and maintenance in production.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, business stakeholders, and end users to translate requirements into effective AI workflows that improve efficiency and operations.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying AI-powered applications
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience building applications using LLMs and AI APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic)
• Experience with evaluating and fine-tuning closed models
• Demonstrated ability to build and ship AI-driven tools or workflows
• Experience deploying applications (AWS, Azure, GCP, VM environments, or similar)
• Ability to independently build, deploy, and maintain internal tools
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, analytical, or creative field
• Experience with AWS

Diversity, Equity, and Compliance

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail]. To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.