Senior AI/ML Software Engineer (LLMs)

EvolutionIQ•New York, NY

2h•$175 - $225

About The Position

About Us: EvolutionIQ’s mission is to deliver state of the art technology that helps insurance claims teams make claims handling more accurate, fair, and efficient, so that more people impacted by injury or illness can continue their lives with dignity and stability. We are currently experiencing massive growth and to accomplish our goals, we are hiring world-class talent who want to help build and scale internally, and transform the insurance space. Our team is our #1 priority, and we have been named one of Inc.’s Best Workplaces 3 years in a row and Built In’s Best Places to work in 2025 and 2026! The Adventure: We're the leading AI Guidance Platform in the insurance industry today, working with some of the largest insurance carriers in the US and expanding globally. We are growing incredibly fast and have a nearly 100% success record in converting pilots to production deployments. You will be designing on a shared, unified platform that can scale across multiple lines of business. Our engineering culture values simplicity, core engineering principles, quality, honesty, transparency and strong collaboration. If you’re excited to work on a fast-moving enterprise engineering team using the latest technologies at high scale, we want to meet you. About You: As an ambitious AI/LLM Engineer, you will play a key role in advancing our industry-leading medical synthesis product. You take strong ownership of your work and have a proven track record of driving projects end-to-end, from ideation through deployment. Thriving in a fast-paced startup environment, you stay current with the latest AI and machine learning research. You’re passionate about applying hybrid approaches that combine large language models (LLMs), statistical machine learning techniques, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with embeddings-based models to deliver better, more reliable outcomes for our users.

Requirements

3+ years of experience writing performant Python code following modern best practices
Minimum 1 year of experience building and deploying products powered by large language models (LLMs) in fast-paced, professional environments
Hands-on experience with statistical machine learning techniques as well as hybrid approaches combining LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and embeddings-based models, including vector search and similarity measures
Proven ability to build and integrate API services within service-oriented or microservice architectures
Strong skills in evaluating and interpreting LLM outputs and AI model predictions, with a focus on aligning model behavior with real-world business and user outcomes
Expertise in prompt engineering and fine-tuning of large language models for domain-specific applications

Nice To Haves

Experience translating state-of-the-art AI/ML research into production code
Comfortable collaborating with data labelers and subject matter experts to improve training data and evaluation processes
Experience building agentic or autonomous AI systems in production
Background working with multimodal data (e.g., images, audio)

Responsibilities

Design, build, and deploy AI-powered and LLM-driven features for our claim synthesis product, including robust extraction of key information from complex medical documents and human-in-the-loop summarization workflows
Develop and implement hybrid machine learning solutions that leverage statistical models, LLMs, and embeddings-based retrieval techniques such as RAG to improve system accuracy, scalability, and robustness
Write clean, scalable, and efficient code while optimizing the performance of existing AI/ML systems in production
Collaborate closely with data labelers and subject matter experts (SMEs) to rigorously evaluate AI system outputs and continuously improve model performance
Partner with Product teams to rapidly iterate on feedback and deliver impactful features
Translate cutting-edge AI/ML research and novel techniques into production-grade, reliable, and maintainable solutions that operate seamlessly in live customer environments

Benefits

Compensation: The base salary range is $175-225K, with flexibility depending on a candidate’s background and experience. An annual bonus plan and company equity plan (RSUs) are also included in our compensation package.
Well-Being: Medical, dental, vision, short & long-term disability, life insurance and AD&D, and 401k matching. Additional family, wellness, and pet benefits.
Home & Family: Paid time off and sick leave, 100% paid parental leave (16 weeks for primary caregivers and 12 weeks for secondary caregivers). We offer a flexible schedule for new parents returning to work.
Office Life: Catered lunches, happy hours, pet-friendly spaces, and monthly technology stipend.
Growth & Training: $1,000/year for each employee for professional development, as well opportunities for tuition reimbursement.
Sponsorship: We are open to sponsoring candidates currently in the U.S. who need to transfer their active visa. Please check with our Recruiting team if your visa is applicable for transfer.

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