AI Engineer
Securian Financial Group, Inc.1 day ago
St. Paul, MN, USASenior
Base Salary
$72k - $134k/yr
Responsibilities
- Select, evaluate, and manage the lifecycle of enterprise AI platforms, frameworks, and tools.
- Advise teams on AI platform architecture, including model lifecycle tooling, containerization, orchestration, vector databases, prompt management, RAG frameworks, and model hosting.
- Conduct experiments and proof-of-concept evaluations of AI services, foundation models, and developer tooling.
- Guide AI delivery teams toward approved reusable enterprise patterns and advise on platform design.
- Document, maintain, and coach teams on AI platform standards, best practices, and reference architectures.
- Partner with Enterprise Technology to ensure AI platforms are secure, compliant, cost-efficient, and operationally resilient.
- Collaborate with platform teams, product owners, data scientists, and engineers to identify gaps and improve developer experience.
- Support platform safeguards, governance controls, and enterprise guidelines for responsible and sustainable AI use.
Requirements
- Strong technical experience across AI, machine learning, and cloud platform engineering.
- Hands-on experience with cloud environments, particularly AWS and services supporting AI/ML development, deployment, and data processing.
- Experience deploying, integrating, or supporting production AI/ML systems, including MLOps pipelines, model hosting, and monitoring solutions.
- Experience conducting proof-of-concept work, evaluating emerging technologies, and translating findings into recommendations.
- Strong understanding of APIs, foundation models, vector databases, orchestration tools, and retrieval-augmented generation patterns.
- Experience working in or with enterprise architecture, platform engineering, or MLOps functions.
- Familiarity with AI security, governance, and responsible AI considerations.
- Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders and communicate complex technical concepts clearly.
- Background in financial services or another regulated industry is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring at least three days per week in the office for associates within a 90-minute commuting distance.
- Paid time off with additional PTO based on tenure.
- Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave programs.
- Nine company-paid holidays.
- Company-funded pension plan and 401(k) plan with company contributions tied to performance, up to 10 percent of eligible earnings.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for associates and eligible family members beginning on the first day of employment.
- Volunteer paid time off, company-sponsored volunteer events, and a dollar-for-dollar matching gift program.
- Associate Resource Groups supporting a range of interests and communities.
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About Securian Financial Group, Inc.
Securian Financial Group sells life insurance, annuities, retirement plans, and related protection products to individuals, families, and employers. It distributes through employers, financial professionals, and affinity partners, serving over 22 million customers in the U.S. and Canada. Founded in 1880 and headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, the privately held company operates through subsidiaries including Minnesota Life Insurance Company and Securian Life Insurance Company.