AI Engineer

RiseMe; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 91,000 - 112,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Prescription Drug Insurance

401(k) Profit Sharing

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Dress for Your Day

Flexible Scheduling

Job summary

Shelter in Columbia, Missouri invites an AI Engineer to join our on-site team. You will implement and support governed AI experiences under senior engineer and product leader direction, balancing rapid experimentation with enterprise testing, security, observability, and operational ownership.

Ideal candidates have a degree in CS or related field, strong Python/REST API skills, and experience with AI platforms and data environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, data science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience developing software, data products, AI applications, or enterprise integrations.
• Hands-on experience with Python and REST APIs, plus familiarity with SQL and Git.
• Knowledge of large language models, prompt engineering, embeddings, vector search, RAG, and agentic workflows.
• Experience with Snowflake, Glean, or similar data/AI platforms.
• Understanding of SDLC, testing, monitoring, and secure development.
• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with Snowflake Cortex/CoCo, Glean agents, or similar enterprise AI platforms (preferred).
• Experience with evaluation harnesses, prompt/version management, observability, or AI quality measurement (preferred).
• Experience in insurance/financial services or regulated data environments (preferred).
• Familiarity with identity, RBAC, data classification, and privacy-by-design (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Implement and support governed AI experiences under senior leadership direction.
• Balance rapid experimentation with enterprise testing, security, observability and ownership.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

SQL

Git

Analytical skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Tools

Snowflake Cortex

Snowflake CoCo

Glean

Job description

A company built to serve you. It's your career, Shelter it!

AI Engineer

$90,646 - $112,382 / year minimum starting pay

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Location: Columbia, Missouri (On-site, Full-time)

Shelter maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in geographic location, education, training, skills, relevant work experience, business needs and market demands. Please remember that this range is the starting base pay only and does not consider other components that make up the total rewards package for the position.

What You Will Be Doing:

Implement and support governed AI experiences under senior engineer, architect, and product leader direction. Balance rapid experimentation with enterprise testing, security, observability, and operational ownership.

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, data science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience, required.
• Experience developing software, data products, AI applications, or enterprise integrations.
• Hands-on experience with Python and REST APIs, plus familiarity with SQL and Git, required.
• Working knowledge of large language models, prompt engineering, embeddings, vector search, RAG, and agentic workflows, required.
• Experience with Snowflake, Glean, or comparable data, search, knowledge-management, or AI platforms.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle practices, testing, monitoring, and secure development.
• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Experience building with Snowflake Cortex, Snowflake CoCo, Glean agents, or similar enterprise AI platforms, preferred.
• Experience with evaluation harnesses, prompt/version management, observability, or AI quality measurement, preferred.
• Experience in insurance, financial services, or other highly regulated data environments, preferred.
• Familiarity with identity, role-based access control, data classification, and privacy-by-design practices, preferred.

• Ability to perform essential functions of the position, with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Shelter's uncompromising commitment to excellence doesn't stop with our customers. We recognize our employees are what make us a premier organization in the insurance industry. Shelter Employees enjoy such benefits as:

• Health, Dental, Voluntary Vision and Prescription Drug Insurance
• Savings and Profit Sharing 401(k)
• Paid Time Off for Sick and Personal Leave, Vacation and Holidays
• Vitality Wellness Program
• "Dress for Your Day" Dress Code
• Flexible Scheduling
• And much more!