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Sr Staff Engineer - Applied AI

Bethesda, MD, US💼 Full-time🗓 2026-01-26 → 2026-09-26

Core

Architect and lead production-ready Generative AI systems, including agentic workflows, RAG, and intelligent automation, to solve complex business problems and drive measurable outcomes.

Role type

Senior Staff Individual Contributor (Applied AI Architect & Lead)

Builds

Scalable, resilient production AI platforms, multi-agent systems, and intelligent automation solutions.

Domain

Insurance technology, Generative AI, Agentic Systems, Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Generative AI & LLM system architecture, Agentic workflow orchestration, RAG system design, Vector databases & knowledge graphs, Distributed systems & microservices, Python, LangChain/LangGraph/LangSmith, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Technical leadership & cross-functional influence, Mentoring engineers

Preferred skills

Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication protocols, Emerging agentic frameworks, Responsible AI governance

Technologies

LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face, OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, Vector databases, Knowledge graphs

Responsibilities

Specify architectures for cross-functional AI initiatives, Design and implement agentic workflows and intelligent automation, Mentor mid-level engineers on advanced AI capabilities, Drive adoption of engineering best practices for reliability and safety, Translate business problems into scalable technical solutions, Lead rigorous experimentation and A/B testing programs

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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