Lead AI Engineer
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IT - General About Us
At Transamerica , hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.
Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.
Who We Are
We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life.
Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them.
We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.
What We Do
Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate, which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.
Transamerica employs nearly 7,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group servingapproximately 23.9 million customersworldwide.* For more information, visit transamerica.com.
Job Description Summary
Design, develop, deploy, and support artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that improve products, services, and business processes across the organization. Leverage advanced AI engineering, cloud-native development, and software engineering practices to deliver scalable, secure, and responsible AI applications and platforms. Job Description
Responsibilities
• Design, develop, deploy, and support AI applications, automation solutions, and digital agents.
• Deliver generative AI (Gen AI) and agentic solutions using established frameworks and cloud technologies.
• Apply software engineering with best practices to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable AI solutions.
• Support the full AI solution lifecycle from design through production support.
• Contribute to the enhancement, operation, and continuous improvement of enterprise AI platforms and services.
• Improve AI products, engineering processes, and technical standards through the application of best practices.
• Support platform reliability, monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead small projects or technical workstreams and help ensure successful delivery.
• Mentor and support less experienced engineers through coaching and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with business, architecture, security, and platform teams to deliver AI solutions and communicate technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, data science, or related field
• Eight years of experience in software engineering, AI engineering, or rel