Principal AI/ML Engineer

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An individual contributor role that provides the highest level of leadership in designing and building Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI & ML) platforms and solutions for financial services and insurance. The role will be responsible for developing data into usable information to create automated analytics solutions.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:
• Builds out AI/ML and PAAS capabilities in conjunction with our analytics partners to drive business value.
• Productionizes and operationalizes predictive models leveraging machine learning and advanced data analysis techniques.
• Designs and builds reusable platforms and pipelines to scale AI/ML solutions in a cloud environment.
• Delivers well-styled, well-tested, and maintainable code in Python.
• Cultivates innovation by proactively proposing new ideas to deliver business value more effectively.
• Identifies the right combination of tools and frameworks to turn a business problem into an analytics solution.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. Supports the evolution of CNA application development processes and standards.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Reporting Relationship

• Typically, Director or above

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Strong experience rapidly deploying AI/ML solutions to production in a DevOps environment.
• Expertise in building machine learning platforms and data pipelines at scale.
• Strong coding fluency in Python. Experience with Kubeflow, Airflow or other workflows and Docker containerization. Experience with large data sets and distributed computing (Spark).
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to articulate workflows and ability to describe the logic and implications of a complex model to non-technical audiences.
• Strong SQL and data analytical skills. Familiar with major machine learning algorithms.
• Solid experience managing diverse data sources, including preprocessing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data to develop data marts for data science use cases and machine learning applications.
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work independently as well as in a team and a highly matrixed environment.
• Experience in cloud computing platforms. Google Cloud Platform preferred.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Computational Statistics, Data Science or related technical field or equivalent; Master's Degree preferred.
• 5+ year's work experience in Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning.
• Experience in machine learning, deep learning, information retrieval, natural language processing or data mining preferred.
• Applicable certifications preferred.

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