Principal AI Platform Architect

01460 Continental Casualty Company; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 189,000; Full time

Job summary

CNA in Chicago, IL is seeking a senior engineer to lead the AI-native engineering platform, designing end-to-end systems for agentic coding workflows, AI tooling integration, and scalable infrastructure.

You will mentor engineers, establish architectural standards, and collaborate with security and cloud teams to scale the platform; drive data-driven decisions while aligning with regulatory requirements. This role supports innovation across portfolios and operates within a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and Master’s preferred in Computer Science, AI/ML, or related field; 9+ years in software engineering; recent AI-augmented development tools experience.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end AI-native platform systems.
• Lead integration of AI tooling into SDLC.
• Mentor engineers in AI-native practices.
• Advise on speed vs. quality trade-offs and AI autonomy levels.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Security, Cloud, and Data teams.

Skills

AI-native engineering

Agentic coding workflows

Prompt engineering

Context engineering

Multi-agent orchestration

CI/CD pipelines

Security posture

Education

Bachelor's Degree; Master's preferred in CS/AI

Tools

GCP

GKE

GitHub

JFrog Artifactory

Job description

CNA in Chicago, IL is seeking a senior engineer to lead the AI-native engineering platform, designing end-to-end systems for agentic coding workflows, AI tooling integration, and scalable infrastructure.

You will mentor engineers, establish architectural standards, and collaborate with security and cloud teams to scale the platform; drive data-driven decisions while aligning with regulatory requirements. This role supports innovation across portfolios and operates within a hybrid work model.