Software Engineer, Applied AI

About this role

Shepherd is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in Applied AI to develop systems that enhance its commercial insurance platform. The role involves collaborating with various teams to implement AI solutions that streamline underwriting, pricing, and operational processes.

What you'll do

• Collaborate with product, engineering, underwriting, and data teams
• Design and deploy LLM-powered features
• Develop AI agents for extracting insights from data
• Build production-grade AI infrastructure
• Create tools for underwriters to improve decision-making
• Establish best practices for AI models and prompts

What they're looking for

• Backend engineering
• Scalable APIs
• Distributed systems
• AI product deployment
• LLMs familiarity
• RAG architectures
• Prompt engineering
• Model evaluation