Guardian Life

Senior Engineer - IT

Guardian Life  •  Chennai, IN (Onsite)  •  23 hours ago
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Job Description

Job Title: AI Engineer (Machine Learning & Generative AI)

We are looking for an experienced AI Engineer with 4-8 years of experience in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Generative AI. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and deploy scalable AI solutions across traditional machine learning and GenAI use cases.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Engineering, or related field.
  • 4-8 years of experience in AI/ML or Data Science roles.
  • Strong Python programming and AWS experience.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build end-to-end ML solutions for classification, regression, recommendation, forecasting, clustering, anomaly detection, and optimization problems.
  • Perform feature engineering, model experimentation, hyperparameter tuning, and model evaluation.
  • Design and execute A/B testing and model validation strategies.
  • Develop explainable and auditable ML models for business-critical applications.
  • Monitor model performance and support retraining initiatives.
  • Design and develop LLM-powered applications.
  • Build RAG systems using vector databases and enterprise knowledge repositories.
  • Develop AI copilots, intelligent assistants, and agentic workflows.
  • Implement prompt engineering, prompt optimization, evaluation frameworks, and guardrails.
  • Develop production-grade AI services, APIs, SDKs, and microservices.
  • Design scalable REST APIs and event-driven architectures.
  • Apply design patterns, SOLID principles, and clean coding standards.
  • Work with Docker, EKS, SNS, SQS, and other AWS services.

Must-Have Skills

Python

  • Strong hands-on experience with Python for developing production-grade AI and machine learning applications.
  • Ability to write clean, maintainable, and reusable code following software engineering best practices.
  • Experience developing APIs, automation frameworks, and AI services using Python.

SQL & Data Analysis

  • Strong proficiency in SQL for data extraction, transformation, and analysis.
  • Experience working with large-scale structured and semi-structured datasets.
  • Ability to perform exploratory data analysis and derive business insights from data.

Machine Learning

  • Strong expertise in machine learning algorithms and techniques including:
  • Classification
  • Regression
  • Clustering
  • Recommendation Systems
  • Forecasting
  • Anomaly Detection
  • Hands-on experience with:
  • Scikit-Learn
  • XGBoost
  • LightGBM
  • CatBoost
  • Deep understanding of:
  • Feature Engineering
  • Model Evaluation
  • Hyperparameter Tuning
  • Cross Validation
  • Explainable AI

Deep Learning & NLP

  • Practical experience developing NLP solutions using TensorFlow or PyTorch.
  • Understanding of transformers, embeddings, and modern NLP techniques.
  • Experience with text classification, semantic search, summarization, information extraction, and conversational AI use cases.

Generative AI

  • Hands-on experience building enterprise-grade GenAI applications.
  • Strong understanding of:
  • Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Agentic AI Workflows
  • Structured Output Generation
  • Evaluation Frameworks
  • Experience using frameworks such as:
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph

API & Software Engineering

  • Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices.
  • Strong understanding of design patterns, object-oriented programming, and SOLID principles.
  • Experience creating reusable AI components, SDKs, and shared libraries.

AWS Cloud Technologies

  • Working knowledge of AWS services commonly used for AI applications including:
  • Amazon EKS
  • SNS
  • SQS
  • Lambda
  • S3
  • API Gateway
  • Ability to build scalable, cloud-native AI solutions.

Containerization

  • Experience with Docker for packaging and deploying AI applications.
  • Understanding of container-based application development and deployment.

Version Control

  • Strong experience with Git and collaborative development workflows including code reviews, branching strategies, and release management.

Good-to-Have Skills

Apache Spark

  • Experience processing large-scale datasets using Spark.
  • Understanding of distributed data processing and big data workloads.

AI Agent Frameworks

  • Experience with CrewAI or similar multi-agent frameworks.
  • Understanding of agent orchestration, tool usage, memory management, and autonomous workflows.

Vector Databases

  • Experience working with one or more of:
  • OpenSearch
  • pgvector
  • Knowledge of embeddings, vector search, and semantic retrieval techniques.

Knowledge Graphs & GraphRAG

  • Understanding of knowledge graph concepts and graph-based retrieval techniques.
  • Exposure to GraphRAG architectures for improving reasoning and explainability.

Event-Driven Architecture

  • Understanding of event-driven design patterns.
  • Experience integrating SNS, SQS, Kafka, or similar messaging technologies into AI solutions.

Location:

This position can be based in any of the following locations:

Chennai

Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday

Guardian Life

About Guardian Life

Who we are

Guardian makes a difference in the lives of people when they need us most. With over 160 years of stability and fiscal integrity, we are a trusted resource to generations of families and business owners, inspiring well-being and helping build financial confidence.

Today, we stand behind 29 million consumers, helping them prepare and plan for a bright future for themselves and their families. We help business owners care for their employees. And we help people recover and thrive in times of unexpected loss.

As a modern mutual insurance company, we believe in driving value beyond dividends. We invest in our colleagues, are building an inclusive and innovative culture, and are helping to uplift communities through thoughtful corporate impact programs.

What we stand for

In 1860, a community of immigrants joined together to insure and protect their businesses and families. They were guided by powerful ideals that we’ve continued to stand behind and evolved throughout the years: we do the right thing, we believe people count, we courageously shape the future together, and we go above and beyond for the people we serve.

Guardian employees embrace and live by these values every day. They remind us to put people at the heart of all we do so that we can help protect what matters most to you. Want to help bring these values to life? Join us for a rewarding career and the opportunity to shape the future.

Disclosures:

Financial information concerning Guardian as of December 31, 2022, on a statutory basis: Admitted assets = $76.0 billion; liabilities = $67.2 billion (including $55.0 billion of reserves); and surplus = $8.8 billion. Dividends are not guaranteed. They are declared annually by Guardian’s Board of Directors.

Guardian® is a registered trademark of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. © Copyright 2023 The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America 2023-156184 Exp. 5/25

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
New York , NY
Year Founded
1860
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