Staff AI Engineer

About the role

Shift is seeking a hands-on Staff AI Engineer to serve as a technical anchor for its AI-driven platform capabilities. This role involves designing, prototyping, and scaling modern AI and LLM systems while shaping the company's broader AI engineering strategy. You will work closely with data scientists and product leaders to ship production-grade AI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and build production-ready agentic workflows and custom orchestration layers.
• Move AI prototypes into robust, production-grade microservices on Azure.
• Integrate emerging paradigms such as Model Context Protocol, advanced RAG patterns, and vector pipelines.
• Establish operational frameworks for LLMOps, including experiment tracking, evaluations, and model observability.
• Lead technical design reviews, set coding standards, and mentor engineering squads.
• Benchmark new models and AI tools to translate breakthroughs into practical product implementations.

Required skills

• Python
• LLM orchestration
• Agentic frameworks
• RAG pipelines
• Azure
• Microservices
• LLMOps
• OOP
• Containerization
• CI/CD

Nice to have

• LangGraph
• LlamaIndex
• Terraform
• Bicep
• Kubernetes

Benefits

• Flexible remote and hybrid working options
• Competitive salary
• Variable performance bonus
• Learning and development opportunities
• Focus Fridays
• Generous PTO
• Paid holidays
• Mental health benefits
• Paid volunteering days

About the Company

Shift delivers AI agents that transform insurers' most critical work. By combining deep industry expertise and unmatched data resources, Shift provides proven results that have earned the trust of hundreds of the world's leading insurers.