United Risk is a global property and casualty insurance underwriting and distribution platform. It is independently owned and operated by its practice partners and affiliated with Applied Underwriters. Our practices cover specialty casualty and property, surety, financial lines, aviation, crisis and political risk, marine, fine art and more. Each one is led by underwriters who run their specialty with real autonomy.
Our AI team builds the tools that make those underwriters quicker and smarter. That includes submission ingestion, underwriting workbenches, risk analysis, and automation across the back and middle office. Our focus is to deliver tailored solutions to improve efficiency, while also maintaining our standards to security and compliance.
The Role:You'll be one of a small group of AI Engineers. You'll work directly with underwriters and operations staff. You'll adapt the products we already run to their needs, and build new ones where nothing fits.
This role leans toward infrastructure: deploying, running and securing the systems our AI applications depend on. Everyone on the team also builds applications and works with data. Three senior AI engineers review your work and teach you along the way.
Requirements:
- A bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology or a related field
- 0–4 years of experience, including internships and co-ops
- Strong Python and working SQL
- Comfort with Linux, the command line and at least one major cloud platform
- Work you built yourself and can show us. For this role, that means one or more of:
- An application you deployed and kept running in the cloud
- A data pipeline or system integration
- Monitoring, testing or reliability controls for an app or model
- Containerized or automated deployments, such as Docker or a CI/CD pipeline
- Curiosity about how the business runs, and the patience to learn insurance from the people who know it
- Clear communication with non-technical colleagues
Our Benefits Include:
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees.
- 401(k) plan with 100% immediate vesting and a 4% company match.
- Paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays.
- Life, disability, critical illness and accident insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for health, dependent care, and commuter-related expenses.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Fitness reimbursement and various additional quality-of-life benefits.
How to apply
Apply through this posting with your résumé and a link to your GitHub, a deployed app or a portfolio. We review portfolios first. If you're shortlisted, you'll walk one of our senior engineers through a project you built and the choices you made.
United Risk is independently owned and operated by its practice partners and is affiliated with Applied Underwriters through its common and powerful brand identity.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, or a related field
- 0-4 years of experience, including internships and co-ops
- Strong Python skills
- Working SQL knowledge
- Comfort with Linux and the command line
- Experience with at least one major cloud platform
- Demonstrable personal work, such as a deployed cloud application, data pipeline, system integration, monitoring, testing, reliability controls, containerized deployment, or automated deployment
- Curiosity about business operations and willingness to learn insurance
- Clear communication with nontechnical colleagues
- Resume and link to GitHub, deployed application, or portfolio
What We Do
Applied Underwriters® is a global risk services firm helping business and people manage uncertainty through its business services, insurance, and reinsurance solutions. As a company, we truly operate differently within our business sector. Every aspect of our products and services are managed under one roof. No outsourcing means we deliver the highest level of service for our customers. Applied Underwriters has one of the highest customer retention rates in the industry - a success directly attributed to our employees and their high level of commitment, hard work, and ambition.
