Senior AI Engineer
Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
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Job Summary
You have a clear vision of where your career can go. And we have the leadership to help you get there.At CNA we strive to create a culture in which people know they matter and are part of something important ensuring the abilities of all employees are used to their fullest potential.
Individual contributor with experience of AI native platform development and responsible for platform adoption across a CNA engineering community.This role requires expertise in systems analysis and design application development and/or integration and testing of complex systems applications to support CNA engineering team needs. Providing guidance to others informally and formally leads teams on a project and/or program. The focus of this position will be leading architecting designing developing or integrating AI based engineering platforms applications in existing development and testing workflows. Preferred experience with background as SDET or deep experience with Testing tools like Playwright or Cypress etc.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:
Lead the architecture design development and integration of AI-based engineering platforms applications agents and skills that support software delivery and improve developer productivity.
Drive adoption of AI-enabled development platforms across the engineering community by embedding capabilities by doing road showCOPsand Demo sessions.
Provide technical leadership and consultation to engineering teams on AI solution design application integration prompt and workflow patterns and secure scalable implementation approaches.
Design and implement robust testing and validation approaches for AI-enabled applications and platforms including automated testing quality assurance and integration into CI/CD pipelines.
Research evaluate and recommend AI tools frameworks models and platform capabilities todeterminethe most effective and cost-efficient solutions for business and engineering needs.
Collaborate with engineering infrastructure security testing and external partners to align requirements integrate solutions and ensure successful delivery of AI platform capabilities.
Contribute to AI engineering strategy architecture direction governance and best practices including reusable patterns for platform development integration observability and supportability.
Support deployment monitoring issue resolution and ongoing enhancement of AI-based applications and platforms in test and production environments to ensure reliability performance and continuous improvement.
May perform additional duties as assigned.
Reporting Relationship
Typically Director or above
Skills Knowledge & Abilities
Solid knowledge of use of AI native development toolse.g.Cursor GitHub Copilot Claude Code and MCPs.
Solid technical skills for developing AI based platforms/apps/agents/skills etc.
Experience with development of EVALs and Observability platforms for AI native solutions
Experienced in AI model development and app design specifically Vertex AI.
Experience with RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipeline architecture and development
Solid technical knowledge of high-level programming languages like Python and/or Typescript Java JavaScript
Solid technical knowledge of high-level programming languages databases interfaces and familiarity with application program development alternatives.
Advanced knowledge in designing and building Integration platformsAPIsand Webservices.
Working knowledge of different versions of Dev tools like VS Code or JetBrains IDEs; Git and GitHub;npm/yarn pip and/or maven/gradle; docker 5 years of experience.
Good experiencein development of AI native system development life cycle and application program development technological alternatives.
Proven understanding ofstate-of-the-artapplication development support software packages
proficiencyin at least one higher level programming language.
Proven solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communications and interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with peers IT management and staff and internal/external business partners/clients.
Ability to manage projects lead teams and mentor individuals.
Preferred insurance industry knowledge.
Preferred experience with React or other front-end frameworks.
Preferred experience as an SDET or deep knowledge of test automation tools like Playwright Cypress
Education & Experience
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent work experience.
Typically a minimum of seven years of systems analysis and application program development experience.
Some previous project leadership experience.
Applicable certifications preferred.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
CNA provides insurance solutions to more than 1 million businesses and professionals worldwide. With more than 100 years of industry experience, CNA has earned a reputation as one of the most trusted commercial insurance companies in the business. We’re a powerful legacy built on expe ... View more
