Senior AI Engineer/Databricks Architect

Senior AI Engineer/Databricks Architect Anywhere Type: Permanent Category: Engineer Industry: Insurance Workplace Type: Remote Standard Hours: Open Reference ID:

JN -082026-108267

Date Posted: 09/11/2026 Shortcut: Description Recommended Jobs Description: Remote Our client seeks a Senior AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy production-grade AI applications and agentic workflows at scale within the insurance domain. The role requires strong software engineering fundamentals, Databricks expertise, and hands-on experience shipping LLM-based solutions to production. The engineer will collaborate with product managers, architects, business stakeholders, and peers to transform underwriting, claims, pricing, and related processes through AI while establishing standards and best practices. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Qualified applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. Salary: $126,000 - $188,000/ yr. w2 JN -082026-108267 Responsibilities: Design, build, and deploy AI-powered applications and agentic workflows in production. Develop solutions using LLMs, AI agents, orchestration frameworks, and modern AI engineering practices. Engage business stakeholders, translate requirements, and deliver scalable technical solutions. Contribute to architecture discussions, solution design, and technical roadmaps. Implement cloud-native development practices and maintain robust AI systems. Apply MLOps for deployment, monitoring, and CI/CD of AI solutions. Work in AI-assisted development environments with coding agents and human-in-the-loop workflows. Partner with product management and architecture throughout the solution lifecycle. Advance organizational AI transformation initiatives and standards. Establish and advocate engineering best practices for AI development. Experience Requirements: 5+ years in software, AI, or machine learning engineering. Proven experience deploying AI and LLM solutions to production. Agentic AI experience. Strong Databricks experience. Expert-level Python development. Hands-on work with LLMs and Generative AI. Experience with AI orchestration frameworks or agentic architectures. Cloud experience, with Azure preferred. MLOps, model deployment, CI/CD, and production engineering practices. Effective communication and direct collaboration with business stakeholders. Preferred: Insurance or life insurance experience, enterprise AI platform design, and leadership or mentoring experience. Recruitment Transparency Notice Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( View email address on click.appcast.io , View phone number on click.appcast.io) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group's use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process. Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range. W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality. If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:

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