First American · 1 day ago
Senior AI Engineer (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$126K/yr - $213K/yr
5+ years expFirst American is a well-established company dedicated to fostering a people-first culture and is currently seeking a Senior AI Software Engineer to join their new AI Centre of Excellence. In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain production-ready AI applications while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the effective integration of AI systems into the real estate industry.
Financial ServicesInsuranceProperty InsuranceReal EstateReal Estate Investment
Responsibilities
Design and implement end-to-end AI systems, integrating foundation models into various applications and workflows
Apply and optimize model adaptation techniques, including prompt engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and fine-tuning, to tailor foundation models for specific use cases
Develop and integrate AI architecture components such as context enhancement, input/output guardrails, model routers/gateways, caching mechanisms, and agent patterns to ensure system reliability and security
Implement AI pipeline orchestration to define and chain together different components of an AI system, ensuring seamless data flow and complex workflow execution
Optimize AI model inference for latency and cost, utilizing techniques such as quantization, distillation, and parallelism
Collaborate closely with Data Scientists to integrate trained models and with Data Engineers to ensure efficient data pipelines for AI applications
Contribute to defining and implementing systematic evaluation pipelines for AI applications, focusing on metrics such as factual consistency, generation capability, and instruction-following for open-ended outputs
Engage in continuous monitoring and observability of AI systems in production to detect failures and drifts, and to identify opportunities for improvement and cost savings
Assist in productizing AI-powered outputs and features, ensuring alignment with customer needs and product strategy
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience
Proven experience building applications with foundation models and deploying AI systems into production environments
Strong proficiency in prompt engineering, RAG, and finetuning techniques for model adaptation
Familiarity with AI architecture patterns and their practical implementation
Understanding of inference optimization techniques and experience with high-performance computing environments (e.g., GPUs)
Knowledge of AI evaluation methodologies for open-ended models and experience setting up robust evaluation pipelines
Proficiency in programming languages commonly used in AI development, such as Python, with an understanding of relevant APIs and frameworks
Ability to work in an iterative, experimental environment and adapt to rapidly changing model capabilities and tools
Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with diverse, cross-functional teams
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO/paid sick leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Company
First American
First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$450M2024-09-23Post Ipo Debt· $450M
2010-06-01IPO
Leadership Team
Kenneth D. DeGiorgio
Chief Executive Officer
Jody Mulkey
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2025-11-18
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