Senior Software Engineer – AI Agents & Harnesses

Travelers Canada; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 139,400 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Retirement plan / 401(k) match

Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Volunteer Encouragement

Job summary

Travelers is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Enterprise AI Platforms team in a hybrid role based across CT and MN. You will design and deliver production-grade platforms that enable generative AI applications, drive architectural decisions, and lead cross-team collaboration to translate technology into business value.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of software development experience with Python and TypeScript, hands-on AI deployment, and strong cloud, Kubernetes, and CI/CD

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of hands-on software development experience, including production delivery of AI solutions.
• Proficiency in Python, with experience in TypeScript for AI integrations.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying generative AI applications.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud services.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerization/orchestration tooling.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Experience delivering large, distributed, production-grade apps in enterprise settings.
• Ability to lead architecture and solution design across teams in agile environments.
• Strong communication skills to translate technical details to business stakeholders.
• Experience deploying third-party vendor software in regulated environments.
• Terraform and Helm experience; OSS agent frameworks and observability tools are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, lead, and own the delivery of production-grade AI platform capabilities used to build and deploy generative AI apps.
• Drive architecture decisions and system design across multiple teams while shaping engineering standards.
• Lead stakeholder conversations and translate capabilities into measurable business value.
• Contribute to the technical strategy of the Enterprise AI Platforms organization.
• Participate in cross-organizational engineering events and share knowledge enterprise-wide.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

AI integrations

Cloud AWS/Azure

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Stakeholder leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Terraform

Helm

Job description

## Senior Software Engineer – AI Agents & HarnessesApplyremote type: Hybridlocations: CT - Hartford: MN - St. Paultime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R-50865## **Who Are We?**Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.## **Job Category**Technology## **Compensation Overview**The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.## **Salary Range**$139,400.00 - $230,000.00## **Target Openings**1## **What Is the Opportunity?**As a member of the Enterprise AI and Emerging Technology organization at Travelers, you’ll be joining a strategic and collaborative team focused on transforming our business and technology capabilities leveraging best in class AI-enabled technology. - We’re looking for a Sr. Software Engineer in the Enterprise AI Platforms organization to join our team focused on delivering enterprise platform capabilities that enable and accelerate the development of generative AI applications. - Will serve as a technical leader in the organization who is responsible for shaping architecture decisions and delivering technical features across the enterprise. - Engineers at this level work across the full architecture of product delivery from requirements gathering to maintenance and enhancement of existing systems. - Will lead stakeholder conversations, shape the technical direction of initiatives, and build collective ownership across engineering, architecture, and product. - This role is for engineers who bring deep, production-ready delivery experience to the table and who can anticipate the needs of the business in a fast-paced environment.**What Will You Do?** * Design, lead, and own the delivery of ***production-grade platforms*** that engineering teams leverage to build and deploy ***generative AI applications***.* Drive ***architecture decisions*** and ***system design*** across multiple teams, establishing and advancing the technical patterns, ***engineering standards***, and practices adopted across the enterprise.* Lead ***stakeholder conversations***, translate technical capabilities into clear ***business value***, and identify opportunities where technology can drive ***measurable business outcomes***.* Think proactively about the ***technical strategy*** of the Enterprise AI Platforms organization.* Participate in and lead ***cross-organizational engineering events*** and technical forums to share knowledge across the enterprise.**What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?** * ***Bachelor's degree*** in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or ***equivalent practical experience***.* ***6+ years*** of hands-on software development experience, including demonstrated ***production delivery of AI solutions***.* Proficiency in ***Python***, with experience in additional languages such as ***TypeScript***—particularly for candidates building AI integrations.* Hands-on experience ***building and deploying generative AI applications***.* Hands-on experience with ***AWS and/or Azure*** cloud services.* Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools, including ***Kubernetes***.* Hands-on experience with ***CI/CD tooling*** such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.* Hands-on experience designing, delivering, and maintaining ***large, distributed, production-grade applications*** in an enterprise setting.* Demonstrated ability to lead ***architecture and solution design*** across teams in agile, collaborative development environments.* Strong ***communication skills*** with the ability to lead technical conversations with ***non-technical business stakeholders*** and translate complex capabilities into measurable business outcomes.* Leverages ***domain expertise*** to improve enterprise- and organization-level capabilities.* A ***leader by example*** who delivers technical features and naturally engages with other leaders across organizations and disciplines.* Experience deploying ***third-party vendor software*** in a ***highly regulated*** enterprise environment.* ***Terraform*** for provisio*ning cloud infrastructure experience.** ***Helm** for Kubernetes application deployment experience.** ***Evaluating generative AI applications*** *experience*.* ***OSS agent frameworks*** such as Strands Agents and LangGraph experience.* ***Observability tooling*** and ***distributed tracing*** in production environments experience.* ***Zero-trust security*** principles and ***secure-by-design*** development practices when building and deploying enterprise systems experience.* Experience operating across ***multiple projects*** at once.**What is a Must Have?*** Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in education and/or work experience.* 6 additional years of software engineering experience.## **What Is in It for You?*** **Health Insurance**: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.* **Retirement:** Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.* **Paid Time Off:** Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.* **Wellness Program:** The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.* **Volunteer Encouragement:** We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.## **Employment Practices**Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences. In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.