Piper Companies · 14 hours ago
Lead AI Engineer
Durham, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$155K/yr - $195K/yr
3+ years expPiper Companies is seeking a Lead AI Engineer to support a rapidly growing organization in the insurance technology industry. The Lead AI Engineer role is ideal for an engineer who combines strong full stack development experience with hands-on work delivering real-world Generative AI solutions in production.
Management Consulting
Responsibilities
Partner with technology leadership to stand up and scale a new AI-focused group, from defining use cases through launch of production solutions
Design and implement end-to-end AI features, including data pipelines, MCP/RAG workflows, model training/testing, and deployment into web and mobile applications
Embed Generative AI and, over time, agentic capabilities into existing digital customer and employee experiences
Collaborate with product, data, security, and engineering teams to ensure AI solutions are robust, secure, and aligned with business goals
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field is required
3–5 years of full stack engineering experience, ideally with JavaScript/TypeScript, modern web frameworks, and AWS cloud services
1–2 years of deep, hands-on AI experience, having moved into AI-focused roles or projects delivering LLM/Generative AI solutions
Practical experience setting up data pipelines, implementing MCP/RAG architectures, and integrating Generative AI into mobile and web experiences that have shipped to production
Background spanning architecture design, data onboarding, training and evaluation of models, and deployment of scalable APIs and front-end integrations
Strong communication skills, ability to translate requirements into technical designs, and comfort working in a fast-paced, product-driven environment
Benefits
Health
Vision
Dental
PTO
Paid Holiday and Sick Leave if Required by Law
Company
Piper Companies
At Piper, we obsess about the success of our customers and consultants.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Justin Jordan
Founder and Chairman
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