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New York Life Insurance Company · 18 hours ago

Senior Associate - AI Engineer

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$121K/yr - $172K/yr

5+ years exp

New York Life Insurance Company is evolving into a technology- and AI-enabled organization. They are seeking a Senior Associate - AI Engineer to design and develop production-grade AI solutions while collaborating with various teams to implement best practices and innovative technologies in AI and machine learning.

FinanceFinancial ServicesInsurance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Responsible for design and development of production grade AI solutions

Ensuring all AI code conforms to software engineering best practices and coding standards

Implementation of models with debugging, scaling and monitoring in mind

Help set up ML experiments for server-based hyperparameter tuning

Work with Platform Engineers to develop pipelines and tools to automate model deployment

Collaborate with the team on architecture and implementation

Expertise in developing solution architectures that integrate ML models into real-world systems

Hands-on prototyping of new technology and AI solutions

Collaborate with product managers, data scientists and other engineers

Review code to ensure solutions are properly designed and implemented

Stay up to date with the latest AI trends/emerging technologies and look for opportunities to improve the stack

Current understanding of LLMs and their use

Qualification

AI solutions developmentPythonMachine learning frameworksAPI developmentCloud computing (AWS)Natural language processingData structuresAlgorithmsContainerization (Docker)Agile/Scrum methodologyContinuous improvementCollaboration

Required

5+ years of experience in Software Engineering with at least 2-years hands on with implementing AI/ML solutions

Experience in API development, best standards and practices

Competency in Python

Experience with machine learning libraries and frameworks such as sklearn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Keras

Understanding of containerization (Docker & Linux experience)

Passionate about technology transformations, innovation, and continuous improvement

Experience with advanced natural language processing (NLP) techniques and tools, such as SpaCy, NLTK, or Hugging Face

Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software engineering principles

Experience with SQL and big data platforms such as Postgres, Redshift and Snowflake

Experience with cloud compute environments (AWS) along with cloud-native tools

Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology and best practices

Preferred

Previous work experience with Generative AI

Understanding of use and implementation of Vector Databases

Kubernetes container orchestration experience

Exposure of MCP servers

Benefits

Leave programs

Adoption assistance

Student loan repayment programs

Company

New York Life Insurance Company

For over 180 years, we’ve helped turn your biggest dreams into milestones that last a lifetime.

Founded in 1845

New York, New York, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.newyorklife.com/

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