AI Engineer - Data Science

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, independently owned and operated by its practice partners and affiliated with Applied Underwriters. Its practices span specialty casualty and property, surety, financial lines, aviation, crisis and political risk, marine, fine art, and other areas. The AI team builds tools for underwriters, including submission ingestion, underwriting workbenches, risk analysis, and back- and middle-office automation. It delivers tailored solutions to improve efficiency while maintaining security and compliance standards.

As one of a small group of AI Engineers, you will work directly with underwriters and operations staff to adapt existing products to their needs and build new tools where existing solutions do not fit. The role has a data science focus: turning submission, policy, and loss data into actionable insights for underwriters. Team members also build applications and work on infrastructure. Three senior AI Engineers review your work and provide guidance.

Applicants should apply with a résumé and a link to a GitHub profile, deployed application, or portfolio. Portfolios are reviewed first. Shortlisted candidates will walk a senior engineer through a project they built and explain their choices. The company may use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, but final hiring decisions are made by humans.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, statistics, mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
• 0–4 years of experience, including internships and co-ops.
• Strong Python and SQL skills, and comfort working with messy real-world data.
• Grounding in statistics.
• A self-built project that can be demonstrated, such as structured extraction or document processing, a RAG or document Q&A system, an evaluation or testing setup for model or LLM output, or data analysis or modeling on a real dataset.
• Curiosity about how the business runs and patience to learn insurance from knowledgeable colleagues.
• Clear communication with non-technical colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Adapt existing products to the needs of underwriters and operations staff.
• Build new tools and applications when existing products do not meet business needs.
• Turn submission, policy, and loss data into actionable insights for underwriters.
• Contribute to application development and infrastructure work.
• Present a project you built 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 additional quality-of-life benefits.

What This Job Offers

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