Senior AI Engineer — LLMs, RAG & Cloud-Native ML

RLI Insurance Company; Peoria (IL); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

PTO and holidays

VTO

Parental and family care leave

Fitness center discounts

Employee assistance program

Job summary

RLI Insurance Company in Peoria, IL seeks an experienced software engineer to design, develop and deploy next‑generation AI solutions that improve enterprise processes. You will build AI-enabled applications with LLMs, RAG and AI agents, and integrate them with cloud-native backends and REST APIs.

The role requires strong Python, cloud, DevOps practices, and collaboration with stakeholders. It offers a base salary range and a hybrid work model, plus comprehensive benefits.

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.
• Experience designing and developing cloud-native applications, distributed systems, and RESTful APIs.
• Experience developing AI-enabled applications utilizing LLMs, RAG, AI agents, and prompt engineering techniques.
• Experience designing vector databases, vector search, embeddings, and semantic retrieval solutions.
• Experience using AI-assisted software development tools to improve software design, development, testing, and delivery.
• Experience working within Agile software development environments utilizing Git-based source control and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise AI applications using modern software engineering practices.
• Build intelligent solutions utilizing LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, and workflow orchestration technologies.
• Develop scalable backend services, REST APIs, and cloud-native applications that integrate AI capabilities with enterprise systems.
• Design and implement integrations using APIs, messaging, and event-driven architectures.
• Develop document processing, OCR, and knowledge extraction solutions using AI technologies.
• Design and implement vector search, semantic retrieval, and enterprise knowledge base solutions.
• Deploy, manage, and optimize applications within Kubernetes-based environments.
• Collaborate with business partners to understand business needs and translate them into practical AI-enabled solutions.
• Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, Agile ceremonies, technical planning, and solution design discussions.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and software engineering best practices.
• Mentor team members and promote high standards for software quality, testing, security, observability, and maintainability.
• Assist with special projects or perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Python

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

REST APIs

AI/ML

Git CI/CD

Prompt engineering

Distributed systems

OOP design

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

LangChain

REST APIs

Job description

RLI Insurance Company in Peoria, IL seeks an experienced software engineer to design, develop and deploy next‑generation AI solutions that improve enterprise processes. You will build AI-enabled applications with LLMs, RAG and AI agents, and integrate them with cloud-native backends and REST APIs.

The role requires strong Python, cloud, DevOps practices, and collaboration with stakeholders. It offers a base salary range and a hybrid work model, plus comprehensive benefits.