Role Description As an AI Engineer III, you will work within a team responsible for taking AI/ML solutions from initial concept to full production implementation. This role requires creativity and analytical skills to understand business challenges, propose AI-enabled solutions, and bring them to life through robust system design, modeling, and coding. You will collaborate cross-functionally to ideate and prototype new AI products. Your models, architectures, and software contributions will power innovative AI systems that solve complex problems at scale. To excel in this role, you will need hands-on experience rapidly developing and deploying ML algorithms alongside strong software engineering abilities to build reliable and maintainable AI infrastructure. This is a remote/telecommuter position, working from home. What you’ll do: - Develop comprehensive systems and frameworks for AI applications and products. - Construct prototypes and minimum viable products to validate AI/ML solutions before committing substantial resources. - Develop, refine, and productionize AI systems using cloud resources such as Azure OpenAI, Azure ML, and Cognitive Services. - Contribute to the creation of robust data pipelines for model evolution and production systems. - Develop specifications for low latency APIs and services necessary to deploy AI models and incorporate them into applications. - Supervise and sustain AI systems in production to guarantee consistent model accuracy and reliability. - Actively participate in a team that exercises principled, agile-like development practices. - Create and maintain thorough documentation that is consistent with team procedures, corporate policies, and expectations. - Ensure peer review on all assigned work, as well as conduct peer reviews over the work of others as requested. - Guide junior AI engineers on AI/ML and industry best practices and methodologies. - Keep abreast of new tools and concepts through reading documentation or literature and actively practicing skills development. - Support and participate in meetings with external stakeholders. Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field, or 2+ years of experience in a related, professional IT/analytics position. - Minimum of 3 years of industry experience in developing, deploying, and maintaining AI or ML systems. Up to two years of industry experience may be substituted with an AI centered Master’s/PhD or AI Engineering certifications. Requirements - At least 4 years of experience in developing deep learning models using TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLX, JAX, or other modern deep learning frameworks. - Knowledge of and experience in implementing ethical AI practices, with at least 2 years spent working on projects that require explainable AI, fairness, and bias mitigation. - Minimum of 3 years of proficiency in utilizing advanced prompt engineering techniques like General Knowledge Prompting and ReAct. - Minimum of 3 years of experience in successfully productionizing AI models, including constructing scalable data pipelines and establishing robust monitoring systems. - 3 or more years working within Agile-like teams and environments. Benefits - Medical, vision, and dental coverage with low employee premiums. - Voluntary benefit offerings, including pet insurance for paw parents. - Life and disability insurance. - Retirement programs, including a 401K employer match and a pension plan that is vested after 3 years of service. - Wellness incentives with a wide range of mental well-being resources for you and your dependents. - Generous paid time off to reenergize. - Tuition assistance for both undergraduate and graduate degrees. - Employee recognition program to celebrate anniversaries, team accomplishments, and more. - Commuter perks and free convenient on-site parking. - Subsidized on-campus cafes and engaging on-site activities. - Access to a complementary fitness & well-being center offering both in-person and virtual workouts. Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Premera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Premera seeks to attract and retain the most qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. If you need an accommodation to apply online for positions at Premera, please contact Premera Human Resources via email at careers@premera.com or via phone at 425-918-4785. Salary Information The salary range for this role is posted below; we generally target up to and around the midpoint of the range. - National Salary Range: $118,900.00 - $202,100.00 - National Plus Salary Range: $135,600.00 - $230,500.00 We’re happy to discuss compensation further during the interview because we believe that open communication leads to better outcomes for all.