Job Description
Insight Global is seeking an Applied AI Engineer (Contract) for a top insurance services client. This candidate will help establish and scale an enterprise AI engineering capability focused on delivering real-world AI solutions quickly and securely. The ideal candidate will leverage foundation models such as Claude, Gemini, and GPT to build reusable AI skills, develop and manage enterprise plug-ins, and deploy automation solutions at scale. This position combines hands-on AI engineering with governance, security, and platform enablement, offering the opportunity to work on cutting-edge agentic AI initiatives while collaborating closely with platform, automation, security, and business teams in a fast-growing AI Center of Excellence.
• Build and package reusable AI skills into Claude Enterprise plug-ins
• Publish and manage plug-ins through the Claude Enterprise catalog
• Manage plugin lifecycle including intake, development, governance, release, maintenance, and enhancements
• Configure and tune foundation models for enterprise automation use cases
• Design and optimize prompts and system instructions
• Deliver AI solutions from initial use case through production deployment
• Enable and configure MCP tools and enterprise system integrations
• Implement RBAC and least-privilege security controls
• Collaborate with Security and Cloud teams on identity and credential management
• Operate within COE governance standards including audit logging and automation registries
Partner with RPA, Power Platform, Platform Engineering, Data Teams, and business stakeholders
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.
Required Skills & Experience
• 5+ years of software engineering and/or automation engineering experience
• 2+ years of experience building and deploying LLM-powered solutions into production
• Strong Python development skills
• Experience with REST APIs and enterprise integrations
• Solid software engineering fundamentals (testing, version control, monitoring)
• Hands-on experience with foundation models such as Claude, Gemini, and/or GPT
• Experience with prompt engineering, system design, tool/function calling, and AI skill development
• Familiarity with Claude Enterprise platform, including Skills, Projects, Plug-ins, Marketplace, and Claude Code
• Azure and/or GCP (Vertex AI) experience
• Experience working within enterprise governance, security, and compliance environments
• Understanding of RBAC, access controls, and data classification
Strong communication skills and ability to work independently
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
• Agentic AI and orchestration framework experience
• Model Context Protocol (MCP) experience
• Agent-to-agent communication patterns
• Identity and access management concepts (RBAC, agent identity, least privilege)
• RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) experience
• Embeddings and vector database experience
• Insurance industry experience
Experience in highly regulated industries
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.