Software Development Engineer II, Generative AI

Verisk Careers | Verisk; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Verisk is seeking a Software Development Engineer II, Generative AI in Jersey City, NJ. This hands-on role spans full lifecycle from experimentation to production deployment, with a hybrid work arrangement and strong collaboration with senior engineers and product owners.

You will build production-grade GenAI features, iterate on LLM-based solutions, write clean Python, and contribute to evaluation and monitoring pipelines while advancing GenAI architectures.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of industry experience in software engineering, data science, or machine learning.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience building GenAI/LLM-based features or applications, ideally in a production setting.
• Strong Python skills and experience with modern AI/ML and GenAI frameworks and tooling.
• Working understanding of LLMs, embeddings, RAG, prompt engineering, context Engineering, and GenAI architecture patterns.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and deploying scalable applications to production.
• Understanding of GenAI evaluation, testing, monitoring, and responsible AI practices.
• Ability to work with moderate autonomy, break down ambiguous problems, and communicate technical tradeoffs clearly.
• Genuine curiosity and enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and techniques in a fast-moving field.

Responsibilities

• Build features and components for production-grade GenAI products, with a focus on quality, reliability, and performance.
• Implement and iterate on LLM-based solutions, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt engineering, context Engineering, Loop Engineering and agentic workflows.
• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable Python code and contribute to the broader codebase and infrastructure.
• Help build evaluation and monitoring pipelines to measure output quality, groundedness, and reliability of GenAI features.
• Work with foundation models and GenAI frameworks/tooling, evaluating tradeoffs between approaches under guidance from senior engineers.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and cross-functional stakeholders to translate requirements into working technical solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and engineering best practices across the GenAI development lifecycle.
• Debug and resolve technical issues across the stack, escalating and collaborating with senior team members on complex problems.
• (SDE II) Take ownership of medium-complexity features end-to-end, mentor SDE I engineers, and contribute to architecture and design decisions for GenAI components.

Skills

Python

GenAI/LLM

Cloud-native architectures

RAG / Prompt engineering

Model evaluation & monitoring

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software/ML/Data Science

Job description

Software Development Engineer II, Generative AI

Jersey City, NJ, United States (Hybrid)

Job Info

• Job Identification 5010
• Job Category Information Technology
• Posting Date 10/16/2026, 07:38 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 545 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ, 07310, US (Hybrid)
• Short Term Incentive Yes
• Long Term Incentive No
• Commission No
• Work Arrangement Hybrid
• Budgeted Salary Currency USD
• Minimum Salary 95,000
• Maximum Salary 120,000
• Division Underwriting Solutions
• Legal Employer ISO Services, Inc.
• Disclaimer Annualized base pay may vary depending on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience

Job Description

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who wants to build real GenAI systems — not prototypes. You'll work across the full lifecycle, from experimentation and prompt/RAG design through production deployment, observability, and iteration, partnering closely with senior engineers, product owners, and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Build features and components for production-grade GenAI products, with a focus on quality, reliability, and performance.
• Implement and iterate on LLM-based solutions, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt engineering, context Engineering, Loop Engineering and agentic workflows.
• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable Python code and contribute to the broader codebase and infrastructure.
• Help build evaluation and monitoring pipelines to measure output quality, groundedness, and reliability of GenAI features.
• Work with foundation models and GenAI frameworks/tooling, evaluating tradeoffs between approaches under guidance from senior engineers.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and cross-functional stakeholders to translate requirements into working technical solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and engineering best practices across the GenAI development lifecycle.
• Debug and resolve technical issues across the stack, escalating and collaborating with senior team members on complex problems.
• (SDE II) Take ownership of medium-complexity features end-to-end, mentor SDE I engineers, and contribute to architecture and design decisions for GenAI components.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of industry experience in software engineering, data science, or machine learning.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience building GenAI/LLM-based features or applications, ideally in a production setting.
• Strong Python skills and experience with modern AI/ML and GenAI frameworks and tooling.
• Working understanding of LLMs, embeddings, RAG, prompt engineering, context Engineering, and GenAI architecture patterns.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and deploying scalable applications to production.
• Understanding of GenAI evaluation, testing, monitoring, and responsible AI practices.
• Ability to work with moderate autonomy, break down ambiguous problems, and communicate technical tradeoffs clearly.
• Genuine curiosity and enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and techniques in a fast-moving field.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related technical field.

Additional Qualifications

• knowledge on fine-tuning or adapting LLMs (e.g., SFT, LoRA/PEFT, instruction tuning), including preparing training datasets or evaluating fine-tuned models against baselines is a plus.
• Experience with agentic AI patterns or multi-step LLM workflows is a plus.

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About Us

For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster.

At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed.

For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work for outstanding workplace culture in the US, the fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and the second consecutive year in Poland. In addition, we’ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best-Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture.

We’re 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations.

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