Head of AI-Driven Engineering & SDLC Lab

020 Travelers Indemnity Co; Hartford Township (OH); On-site; USD 174,000 - 287,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) Matching

Pension Plan

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Diversity Networks

Job summary

Travelers Companies, Inc. is seeking an AVP, Applied AI & Engineering to lead a hands‑on engineering lab re‑engineering delivery workflows with AI. You will partner with EDDA leadership to drive adoption of AI engineering patterns and measure productivity gains across platforms.

You will codify work into reusable assets, drive AI‑enabled SDLC standards, and shape a rotational program to spread AI fluency across teams, delivering measurable outcomes and higher delivery quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in education and/or work experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3 years of technical leadership experience.
• Excellent delivery skills; measure software effectiveness and quality.
• Experience applying AI to SDLC and engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead a lean Applied AI & Engineering lab that re‑engineers EDDA's software and data delivery workflows with AI.
• Partner with enterprise groups to align EDDA priorities and collaborate across teams.
• Codify lab work into reusable patterns, assets, scripts and playbooks across EDDA’s projects.
• Develop AI‑assisted engineering patterns for SaaS and enterprise platforms and accelerate testing and configuration.
• Own the AI‑Enabled SDLC experimentation agenda and governance; decide which use cases to try and scale.
• Set and drive EDDA standards and productivity practices across architecture, coding, testing and DevSecOps.
• Lead the rotational program to staff the lab and nurture AI capability across EDDA.
• Build relationships with engineering leaders and executives to advocate AI applications.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

AI/ML engineering

Education

Bachelors in CS or STEM

Tools

Cloud-based solutions

Microservices

Job description

Travelers Companies, Inc. is seeking an AVP, Applied AI & Engineering to lead a hands‑on engineering lab re‑engineering delivery workflows with AI. You will partner with EDDA leadership to drive adoption of AI engineering patterns and measure productivity gains across platforms.

You will codify work into reusable assets, drive AI‑enabled SDLC standards, and shape a rotational program to spread AI fluency across teams, delivering measurable outcomes and higher delivery quality.