Associate Full Stack AI Engineer

Ascot Group • Iselin, NJ

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

This is an opportunity to join Ascot Group - one of the world’s preeminent specialty risk underwriting organizations.
Designed as a modern-era company operating through an ecosystem of interconnected global operating platforms, we’re bound by a common mission and purpose: One Ascot. Our greatest strength is a talented team who flourishes in a collaborative, inclusive, and entrepreneurial culture, steeped in underwriting excellence, integrity, and a passion to find a better way, The Ascot Way.
The Ascot Way guides our people and our organization. Our underwriting platforms collaborate to find creative ways to deploy our capital in a true cross-product and cross-platform approach. These platforms work as one, deploying our capital creatively through our unique Fusion Model: Client Centric, Risk Centric, Technology Centric.
Built to be resilient, Ascot maximizes client financial security while delivering bespoke products and world class service — both pre- and post-claims. Ascot exists to solve our clients’ brightest tomorrow, through agility, collaboration, resilience, and discipline.
Position Overview:
Reporting to the Senior AI Data Program Manager, the Associate Full Stack AI Engineer will support the design and development of insurance workflows built on Palantir Foundry and Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP). This role is well suited for an exceptional early-career engineer or recent graduate with strong technical fundamentals, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to learn complex enterprise platforms. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team delivering data-driven applications that drives efficiency and enables operational decision-making at scale. While prior Palantir experience is not required, the individual must demonstrate the aptitude and discipline to be trained on Foundry’s data, ontology, and application frameworks, as well as AIP-enabled workflows. This role will be in the office on a hybrid work schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data science, AI/ML, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline
• Prior internship experience in an AI capacity
• Strong foundation in: JavaScript and/or TypeScript, Python/Pyspark
• General AI understanding including LLM’s, RAG’s and agentic workflows
• Solid problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to reason through complex systems
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and platforms rapidly
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in a professional environment

Nice To Haves

• Foundry/AIP certification and experience preferred
• Exposure to enterprise or data-intensive applications
• Familiarity with: Data visualization techniques or libraries RESTful APIs and basic backend integration concepts SQL, Python, or another general-purpose programming language
• Interest in applied data, AI-enabled workflows, or operational decision systems
• Formal and informal training on Palantir Foundry, including data pipelines, ontologies, and application development
• Exposure to AIP use cases, including human in the loop and AI assisted workflows
• Ongoing mentorship from senior engineers and platform specialists
• Clear progression path from junior engineer to independent contributor within Palantir-based solution teams
• This position may be filled at a different level, depending on experience

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain AI Applications deployed within Palantir Foundry and AIP environments
• Implement user interfaces that translate complex data models and workflows into intuitive, reliable user experiences
• Build AI automation with Foundry ontologies, APIs, and backend services
• Collaborate with data engineers, backend developers, and business stakeholders to support end-to-end application delivery
• Participate in code reviews, testing, documentation, and controlled release processes
• Learn and apply best practices related to data governance, security, and performance within Palantir platforms
• Progressively assume ownership of features and application modules as technical proficiency increases
• Commitment to The Ascot Way: Embody The Ascot Way in their daily interaction with colleagues, fostering colleague engagement and development, collaboration, inclusivity, and individual accountability.

Benefits

• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, AD&D, Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program), and more
• Leave Benefits: Paid holidays, annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state /local paid leave where required), Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Other leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, Adoption, Maternity, Military, Primary & Non-Primary Caregiver)
• Retirement Benefits: Contributory Savings Plan (401k)

What This Job Offers

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