The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with The Standard.
A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?
Job Summary
The Standard is looking for a Software Engineer III focused on AI to join our team. As a key member of the team, you will be working alongside Product Owners, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers and AI Engineers to build modern AI solutions. The ideal candidate should possess strong Python programming skills, REST API development experience, and familiarity with front-end technologies such as React or Angular alongside experience with Azure cloud engineering platform to drive innovation and efficiency in building enterprise grade solutions.
As a Software Engineer focused on AI, you will have the opportunity to:
Build highly scalable and reliable APIs, services and applications that enables custom AI (ML & GenAI) capabilities to be used by other enterprise systems.
Develop intuitive, user-friendly interfaces with React or Angular to ensure seamless user experiences across AI-driven applications
Contribute to innovation and development of best-in-class patterns and methodologies that can be used to drastically evolve business processes as we know it.
Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for application deployment, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency.
Play a crucial role in driving The Standard’s AI and user experience initiatives, advancing software engineering and UI/UX practices.
Skills and Background You’ll Need
Education: A Bachelor’s degree is the minimum requirement.
Experience: Typically requires 4+ years of related experience.
Strong skills in implementing Python API design patterns using frameworks like FastAPI or Flask. Skilled in Java is a requirement of the role.
Experience optimizing UI applications for speed, responsiveness, and cross-browser compatibility.
Experience with containerization technologies like Docker or Kubernetes on Azure platform.
Demonstrable experience in configuring and implementing Azure Application Gateway and API management solutions like Azure API Management or Kong Konnect.
Hands-on experience implementing and optimizing API applications for sub-second performance.
Experience in load testing REST API applications with tools like Apache JMeter or SOAPUI.
Hands on experience pre-processing multi-modal data (text, images) to handle user input, cleaning and formatting text.
Experience in working with event driven publish-subscribe solution patterns using solutions like Azure Event Hub or Kafka and developing end to end orchestrations.
Experience in developing API applications to include package/dependency management tools (e.g., Poetry) and functional testing (e.g., Pytest, PyLint).
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
Working within an Agile delivery / DevOps methodology to deliver proof of concept and production implementation in iterative sprints.
Strong problem solving and analytical skills. Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
Key Behaviors of a Successful Candidate
Adaptability – Demonstrates flexibility by willingly accepting new situations such as teams, projects or work processes.
Customer Focus – Responds to standard requests from internal/external customers; performs necessary duties consistently and reliably to meet customer expectations.
Improvement Mindset - Demonstrates curiosity by asking questions regarding current approaches/methods and identifying potential changes.
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Why Join The Standard?We have built an enduring legacy of stability, financial strength and exceptional customer service through the contributions of the service-oriented people who choose to work at The Standard. To ensure we can attract and retain the best talent, when you join The Standard you can expect:
A rich benefits package including medical, dental, vision and a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
An annual incentive bonus plan
Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually — PTO increases with tenure
A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement
Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance
An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools
In addition to the competitive salary range below, our employee-focused benefits support work-life balance. Learn more about working at The Standard.
Eligibility to participate in an incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program and plan. Any award depends on a variety of factors including individual and organizational performance.
The actual compensation for this role will be based on a combination of education and experience, knowledge and skills, position budget, internal equity, and market data.
Salary Range:
$113,500.00 - $192,750.00Positions will be posted for at least 5 days from original posting date.
Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, Inc., StanCorp Mortgage Investors, LLC, StanCorp Investment Advisers, Inc., and American Heritage Life Insurance Company and American Heritage Service Company, marketed as The Standard, are Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status or any other condition protected by federal, state or local law. Except where precluded by state or federal law, The Standard will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. The Standard offers a drug- and alcohol-free work environment where possession, manufacture, transfer, offer, use of or being impaired by an illegal substance while on The Standard's property, or in other cases which the company believes might affect operations, safety or reputation of the company is prohibited. The Standard requires a criminal background investigation and employment, education and licensing verification as a condition of employment. After any conditional offer of employment is made, the background check will include an individualized assessment based on the applicant’s specific record and the duties and requirements of the specific job. Applicants will be provided an opportunity to explain and correct background information. All employees of The Standard must be bondable.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of related experience
- Strong Python programming skills
- Experience with REST API development and Java
- Familiarity with React or Angular
- Experience with Azure cloud platform
- Experience with Docker or Kubernetes
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines
- Experience optimizing UI applications for performance
- Experience in load testing API applications
- Hands-on experience pre-processing multi-modal data
The Standard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Standard and has not been reviewed or approved by The Standard.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) match and profit sharing are highlighted as strong components of total rewards. The retirement plan is often regarded as a standout element.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, 11 holidays, wellness days, and paid volunteer time provide meaningful time off. These programs are portrayed as supportive of work-life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, adoption/surrogacy assistance, dependent-care support, and backup childcare are available. These family-oriented benefits add meaningful value to the package.
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What We Do
StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries marketed as The Standard -- Standard Insurance Company, The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York, Standard Retirement Services, StanCorp Mortgage Investors, StanCorp Investment Advisers, StanCorp Real Estate and StanCorp Equities -- is a leading provider of financial products and services. StanCorp's subsidiaries serve approximately 7.5 million customers nationwide as of June 30, 2011, with group and individual disability insurance, group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, group dental and group vision insurance, absence management services, retirement plans products and services, individual annuities and investment advice. The Standard is a marketing name for StanCorp Financial Group, INC. and its subsidiaries. Insurance products are offered by Standard Insurance Company of Portland, Ore. in all states except New York, where insurance products are offered by The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York of White Plains, N.Y. Product features and availability by state and company, and are solely the responsibility of each subsidiary.
