Senior AI/ML Platform Engineer (Hybrid)

CNA; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

CNA in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior AI & ML Engineer to lead the design, development, and operation of enterprise-scale AI/ML platform capabilities within financial services and insurance. This role combines hands-on engineering with platform leadership to deliver secure, scalable AI solutions.

You will own end-to-end delivery of platform features, drive multi-agent and RAG pipelines, implement governance, and collaborate with product partners.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering and delivery across distributed systems.
• 5+ years delivering AI/ML platform capabilities in production.
• Strong Python proficiency and deep GCP experience with hands-on work.

Responsibilities

• Build, apply, and promote adoption of platform-wide standards for AI solutions.
• Drive end-to-end delivery from discovery to production rollout with hands-on involvement.
• Operationalize core services: LLM gateway, vector stores, evaluation harnesses.
• Implement CI/CD, AIOps, governance, and audit trails for reliability.

Skills

AI platform engineering

AIOps engineering

GenAI & LLM patterns

GCP Vertex AI

Python

LangGraph/Google ADK

Knowledge grounding

SAFe / Agile

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in AI/ML/Data Science (preferred)

Tools

Vertex AI

GKE

BigQuery

Pub/Sub

Job description

CNA in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior AI & ML Engineer to lead the design, development, and operation of enterprise-scale AI/ML platform capabilities within financial services and insurance. This role combines hands-on engineering with platform leadership to deliver secure, scalable AI solutions.

You will own end-to-end delivery of platform features, drive multi-agent and RAG pipelines, implement governance, and collaborate with product partners.