Applied AI Engineer — Next-Gen Underwriting (SF)

Shepherd

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 170,000 - 220,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Premium Healthcare
Unlimited PTO
Daily meals
Professional Development
401(k) Plan
Dog-friendly office

Job summary

A technology-driven insurance firm in San Francisco is seeking a Software Engineer focused on Applied AI. The role involves designing and implementing AI systems to transform risk evaluation processes. Candidate should have backend engineering experience and familiarity with AI technologies. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage, unlimited PTO, and professional development opportunities. Join us to shape the future of AI-native insurance infrastructure.

Qualifications

  • Strong backend engineering experience building scalable APIs and distributed systems.
  • Hands-on experience shipping AI-powered products into production.
  • Familiarity with LLMs, RAG architectures, embeddings, and vector databases.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with teams to identify high-leverage AI opportunities.
  • Design, build, and deploy LLM-powered features.
  • Develop AI agents and retrieval-augmented systems.

Skills

Backend engineering experience
AI-powered product shipping
Familiarity with LLMs
Cloud infrastructure comfort
Translating business problems to AI systems

Tools

Node.js
Postgres
GraphQL
Typescript

Job description

A technology-driven insurance firm in San Francisco is seeking a Software Engineer focused on Applied AI. The role involves designing and implementing AI systems to transform risk evaluation processes. Candidate should have backend engineering experience and familiarity with AI technologies. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage, unlimited PTO, and professional development opportunities. Join us to shape the future of AI-native insurance infrastructure.
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