AI Engineer - Application Development

Applied Underwriters • New York, NY

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About The Position

United Risk is a global property and casualty insurance underwriting and distribution platform. Its practices cover specialty casualty and property, surety, financial lines, aviation, crisis and political risk, marine, fine art, and other areas. The AI team builds tools to help underwriters work more efficiently, including submission ingestion, underwriting workbenches, risk analysis, and automation across the back and middle office, while maintaining security and compliance standards.

The AI Engineer will be part of a small team and work directly with underwriters and operations staff. The role involves adapting existing products to user needs and building new products where existing tools do not fit. It emphasizes application development: designing and delivering AI-powered applications and workflows used in day-to-day work. Team members also contribute to data and infrastructure. Three senior AI engineers will review the engineer’s work and provide guidance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field.
• 0–4 years of experience, including internships and co-ops.
• Strong Python skills.
• Working knowledge of SQL.
• Hands-on full-stack development experience.
• A self-built project that can be demonstrated, such as a full-stack AI application, document-processing or structured-extraction tool, agentic workflow or tool integration, or an application with a human review or approval process.
• Curiosity about how the business operates and patience to learn insurance from knowledgeable colleagues.
• Clear communication with non-technical colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with underwriters and operations staff to understand their needs.
• Adapt existing products to meet user needs and build new products where existing tools are not suitable.
• Design and ship AI-powered applications and workflows for everyday use.
• Contribute to data and infrastructure work.
• Present a built project to a senior engineer and explain the choices made, if shortlisted.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees.
• 401(k) plan with 100% immediate vesting and a 4% company match.
• Paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays.
• Life, disability, critical illness, and accident insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for health, dependent care, and commuter-related expenses.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Fitness reimbursement and various additional quality-of-life benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level