Senior AI Engineer (Hybrid)

*Securian Financial Groups internal position title isEngineering Consultant.

Position Summary:

The Senior AI Engineer is a key member ofSecurianFinancials Enterprise Data and Analytics team working closely with Data Science Data Engineering and the Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence (AICoE). These teams serve as the enterprises internal experts on how to apply Data and Analytics and AI atscaleturning strategy into enablement consultation and delivery support across the business.In this role you will shape evaluate and advance the platforms tools architectures and foundational technologiesrequiredto deliver AI at enterprisescale especially. You will lead experimentation and proof-of-concept efforts assess emerging AI technologies inform platform selection decisions and guide the creation and adoption of standards for reusable and extensible AI solution patterns.Youllact as a highly collaborative internal consultant partnering with teams across the company to ensure AI solutions are scalable sustainable secure and aligned with enterprise strategy.You will also serve as a two-way conduit with analogous Platform Engineering teams across the enterprise ensuring their perspectives influenceCoEstrategy and that they are equipped to adoptCoE-developed standards technologies and ways of working.We areseekinghighly curious collaborative and self-organized associates who thrive in ambiguity are passionate about emerging technologies and enjoy driving clarity in a rapidly evolving AI landscape. Your work ensures associates across Securian have the right platforms and guardrails to develop safely and efficiently.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Champion the selection evaluation and lifecycle management of AI platforms frameworks and tools used across the enterprise drawing from deep technicalexpertiseand market awareness.

• Serve as an internal SME especially during project discovery phases on enterprise AI platform architecture including model lifecycle tooling containerization orchestration vector databases prompt management RAG frameworks and model hosting options.

• Rapidly experiment with new AI services foundation models anddevelopertooling to assess maturity extensibility and alignment with long-term enterprise AI strategy.

• Partner with AI delivery teams to guide solution design and ensure the reuse of approved enterprise AI patterns before pursuing net-new platform development or procurement.

• Documentmaintain and coach teams on AI platform standards best practices and reference architectures for scalable and responsible AI.

• Work closely with Enterprise Technology to ensure AI platforms are secure compliant cost-efficient and operationally resilient.

• Act as a bridge between the AICoEand analogous technical platform teams elsewhere in the organization ensuring two-way knowledge flow alignment on technology directions and adoption of shared best practices.

• Consult with product owners data scientists and engineers toidentifyplatform gaps and implement enhancements that improve efficiency and developer experience.

• Support the creation of platform-level safeguards and governance controls to ensure responsible sustainable and secure AI use across the enterprise.

• Contribute to the development of enterprise guidelines that ensure AI solutions are adaptable to rapidly evolving model capabilities and ecosystem changes.

Qualifications:

• Strong technical experience across AI ML and cloud platform engineering particularly in researching implementing and onboardingnew technologiesand tooling.

• Hands-onexpertisewith cloud environments (AWS strongly preferred) including services relevant to AI/ML development deployment and data processing.

• Experience deploying integrating or supporting AI/ML systems in production includingMLOpspipelines model hosting and monitoring solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to conduct proof-of-concept work evaluate emerging technologies and translate findings into actionable recommendations.

• Strong understanding of modern AI stacks including APIs foundation models vector databases orchestration tools and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns.

• Ability to build strongpartnerships andcollaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong curiosity analytical skills and comfort working in ambiguity to define and evaluate options.

• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts and guide teams toward shared standards and patterns.

• Experience working in or with Enterprise Architecture platform engineering orMLOpsfunctions.

• Familiarity with AI-specific security governance and responsible AI considerations.

• Background in financial services or other regulated industries.

#LI-Hybrid**This position willhave a hybrid working arrangement workingin-officefor a minimum of3days aweek.**

Securian Financial believes in hybrid work as an integral part of our culture. Associates get the benefit of working both virtually and in our offices. Ifyoureina commutable distance (90 minutes)youlljoin us 3 days each week in our offices to collaborate and build relationships. Our policy allows flexibility for the reality of business and personal schedules.