Athene · 9 hours ago
AI Engineer
West Des Moines, IA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expAthene is a leader in insurance and annuities, committed to enhancing its AI initiatives. They are seeking a Full-Stack AI Engineer to develop and optimize AI-powered applications, collaborating with cross-functional teams to innovate and deliver solutions across various business domains.
FinanceFinancial ServicesInsuranceRetirement
Responsibilities
Build, deploy, and optimize full-stack AI-powered applications using LLMs, intelligent agents, and ML
Design and scale RAG pipelines, vector search systems, and LLM evaluation workflows
Create AI agents with frameworks such as LangChain, AutoGen, LlamaIndex, or LangGraph
Ingest and process unstructured/structured data (parsing, chunking, embeddings, retrieval)
Develop intuitive user experiences powered by LLMs and AI agents for real-time workflows
Integrate enterprise AI tools such as Claude, GPT-4/4o, ChatGPT Enterprise, Copilot, Glean, and Shelf
Drive document automation and multilingual NLP (summarization, translation, NER)
Implement observability, governance, and responsible AI practices in compliance with regulations
Collaborate with IT, data, compliance, and business leaders to deliver business-facing solutions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
5+ years in software engineering or data science, with 1+ year in GenAI/LLM/Agentic AI
Proficiency in Python, REST APIs, React/Node.js, and cloud-native infrastructure (Docker, CI/CD)
Hands-on experience with AWS AI services (Bedrock, SageMaker, Textract, Translate, etc.)
Strong knowledge of LLMs, embeddings, prompt engineering, and tool use
Proven ability to prototype, iterate, and scale AI-enabled features
AI-first developer mindset: using AI for scaffolding, testing, and refactoring code
Preferred
Familiarity with compliance/regulatory needs in insurance or financial services
Company
Athene
Athene Holding is a life insurance company that provides retirement savings products for individuals and institutions.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.43B2025-06-24Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2025-05-14Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-10-07Post Ipo Debt· $600M
Leadership Team
Martin P. Klein
Executive VP & CFO
Mike Downing
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Athene Holding Ltd.
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