Ethos · 15 hours ago
AI Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$146K/yr - $236K/yr
5+ years expEthos is a company focused on making life insurance accessible and efficient through technology and data science. They are seeking an AI Engineer to develop LLM-powered copilots that enhance various workflows, ensuring accuracy, speed, and compliance.
FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechInsuranceInsurTechLife Insurance
Responsibilities
Production RAG: indexing, retrieval, hybrid search, reranking, query rewriting, grounding, citations
Context Graph: entity resolution + linking + provenance; graph + vector retrieval; supports multi-hop context
LLM orchestration: tool/function calling, structured outputs, routing across model tiers, failure modes
GPU/inference cost optimization: batching, caching/KV reuse, quantization, autoscaling; optimize $/session + latency
Safety + compliance: PII/PHI handling, redaction, audit logs, deterministic replay, hallucination mitigation
LLMOps: eval harness (golden sets, regression, adversarial), monitoring for quality/cost/drift
Design/ship the end-to-end pipeline: retrieve → assemble context → generate → cite → log/monitor
Improve quality and trust via evaluation, feedback loops, and clear evidence-backed outputs
Partner with product, security, and domain teams; write crisp design docs; raise engineering bar
Ship RAG v1 with citations + measurable quality metrics
Deliver Context Graph v1 that improves retrieval on real copilot tasks
Reduce cost/latency with a concrete inference optimization plan shipped to prod
Qualification
Required
5+ years building production systems; 2+ years hands-on LLMs/RAG
Proven RAG experience (embeddings, vector DBs, hybrid search, reranking, eval)
Strong backend/distributed systems + observability
Track record shipping in high-stakes environments with auditability/correctness
Knowledge graph / entity resolution / provenance systems
GPU inference optimization (vLLM/TGI/TensorRT-LLM, quantization AWQ/GPTQ, batching)
Regulated domain experience (insurance/fintech/healthcare)
Company
Ethos
Ethos makes getting life insurance instant and easy.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$413.96MKey Investors
SoftBank Vision FundGeneral CatalystGoogle Ventures
2022-01-24Series D· $7.46M
2021-07-21Series D· $100M
2021-05-11Series D· $200M
Leadership Team
Peter Colis
CEO and Co-founder
Vipul Sharma
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
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