Senior AI Engineer — Enterprise, Cloud-Native & LLMs (ESOP)

RLI Insurance Company; Peoria (AZ); On-site; USD 115,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

PTO & holidays

Hybrid work arrangements

Medical benefits

401(k)

Job summary

RLI Insurance Company in the United States seeks an experienced software engineer to design, develop, and deploy AI-enabled enterprise applications. You will build scalable cloud-native services, integrate LLMs, RAG, and AI agents, and collaborate with product owners and developers to deliver secure, maintainable solutions.

The role emphasizes architecture, CI/CD, and DevOps practices, mentoring teammates, and contributing to code reviews while advancing AI capabilities across business processes.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional software engineering experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise applications.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Experience designing cloud-native apps, distributed systems, and RESTful APIs.
• Experience developing AI-enabled applications with LLMs, RAG, AI agents, and prompt engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise AI applications using modern software engineering practices.
• Build intelligent solutions utilizing LLMs, RAG, AI agents, and workflow orchestration technologies.
• Develop scalable backend services, REST APIs, and cloud-native applications.
• Design and implement integrations using APIs, messaging, and event-driven architectures.
• Develop document processing, OCR, and knowledge extraction solutions.
• Design vector search, semantic retrieval, and knowledge base solutions.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize applications within Kubernetes environments.
• Collaborate with business partners to translate needs into AI solutions.
• Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and Agile ceremonies.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
• Mentor team members and promote high standards for software quality.
• Assist with special projects or other duties.

Skills

Python

Software architecture

Kubernetes

Docker

REST APIs

Microservices

LangChain

Azure AI Foundry

Prompt engineering

Vector search

OCR

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

7+ years software engineering experience

Cloud-native apps & REST APIs

AI-enabled apps with LLMs/RAG

Tools

Git

GitLab

CI/CD

IaC

Kubernetes

Job description

RLI Insurance Company in the United States seeks an experienced software engineer to design, develop, and deploy AI-enabled enterprise applications. You will build scalable cloud-native services, integrate LLMs, RAG, and AI agents, and collaborate with product owners and developers to deliver secure, maintainable solutions.

The role emphasizes architecture, CI/CD, and DevOps practices, mentoring teammates, and contributing to code reviews while advancing AI capabilities across business processes.