Senior AI Engineer (Remote) — Lead ML & Production Systems

Premera Blue Cross; Minnesota; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Vision coverage

Dental coverage

401K match

Pension plan

Tuition assistance

On-site resources access

Job summary

Premera Blue Cross is seeking an AI Engineer IV to lead AI/ML solution development from concept to production. You will guide complex challenges, mentor junior engineers, and drive innovative AI systems across cloud architectures and data pipelines.

The role emphasizes strong software engineering skills, agile practices, and ensuring reliable performance of AI services while collaborating with stakeholders and leadership on enterprise AI roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field, or 2+ years of experience in a related, professional IT/analytics role.
• Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in developing, deploying, and maintaining AI or ML systems.
• At least 6 years of experience in developing deep learning models using TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLX, JAX, or other modern deep learning frameworks.
• Knowledge of and experience in implementing ethical AI practices, with at least 3 years spent working on projects that require explainable AI, fairness, and bias mitigation.
• At least 3 years of expertise in implementing advanced techniques like Retrieval Augmented Generation, Tree of Thoughts, or Multimodal CoT in prompt engineering projects.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in successfully productionizing AI models, including constructing scalable data pipelines and establishing robust monitoring systems.

Responsibilities

• Recommend and develop comprehensive systems and frameworks for AI applications and products.
• Pitch concepts to team leadership and then lead construction of prototypes and minimum viable products to validate AI/ML solutions before committing substantial resources.
• Assist in designing and implementing the cloud architecture of large multi-faceted AI systems.
• Assist in the design and scaffolding of robust data pipelines that drive large complex AI systems.
• Develop specifications for low latency APIs and services necessary to deploy AI models and incorporate them into applications.
• Develop the code for monitoring models and AI systems that ensure consistent and reliable performance.
• Actively participate in a team that exercises principled, agile-like development practices.
• Create and maintain thorough documentation that is consistent with team procedures, corporate policies, and expectations.
• Guide AI engineers on AI/ML and industry best practices and methodologies.
• Advise team and division leadership on matters such as enterprise AI strategies, AI related technology strategies and roadmaps, and AI related infrastructure strategies and roadmaps.
• Meet and collaborate with external stakeholders to conceptualize AI solutions that realize business value while ensuring AI governance adherence, AI best practices, and data quality.
• Provide thought leadership to the Premera AI community.

Job description

Premera Blue Cross is seeking an AI Engineer IV to lead AI/ML solution development from concept to production. You will guide complex challenges, mentor junior engineers, and drive innovative AI systems across cloud architectures and data pipelines.

The role emphasizes strong software engineering skills, agile practices, and ensuring reliable performance of AI services while collaborating with stakeholders and leadership on enterprise AI roadmaps.