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Sr Machine Learning Engineer

The Hartford

Charlotte, NC
Full Time
Senior
117k-176k
7 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Hartford's Personal Lines Data Analytics team seeks energetic and passionate Senior Machine Learning Engineer to help build and scale our next-generation Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) & Generative AI (GenAI) platforms. This role blends software engineering, DevOps, and machine learning expertise to deliver robust, scalable, and secure AI/ML solutions. The position involves enabling data science teams to deploy models efficiently and responsibly in production environments, supporting end-to-end business problems with a focus on systems design, monitoring, and collaboration with various teams. The role offers a hybrid work schedule with in-office presence in Columbus, OH, Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT, or Charlotte, NC three days a week.

Key Responsibilities

  • Research, experiment with, and implement suitable frameworks, tools, and technologies to enable AI/ML decision-making at scale.
  • Participate in identifying and assessing opportunities, such as the value of new data sources and analytical techniques, to ensure ongoing competitive advantage.
  • Review work with leadership and partners on an ongoing basis to calibrate deliverables against expectations.
  • Accountable for the ownership of design, development, and maintenance of MLOps and GenAI platforms and services.
  • Work with junior engineers and peers to provide mentorship and thought leadership.
  • Collaborate with partners in Enterprise Data, Data Science, Business, Cloud Enablement Team, and Enterprise Architecture teams.
  • Deliver critical milestones for model deployment in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and AWS cloud environments.
  • Develop, adopt, and promote MLOps best practices to the Data Science community.
  • Implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or CloudFormation to automate deployments.
  • Contribute to the development of agentic AI capabilities and support experimentation with LLMs and GenAI frameworks.

Requirements

  • Must be authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future.
  • Bachelor's degree in related field and 5+ years of experience.
  • Solid understanding of ML lifecycle: model training, deployment, monitoring, and feedback loops.
  • Strong application development experience using Python.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience developing with one of the public clouds including tools and techniques to auto scale systems.
  • Experience with CI/CD and IAC tools (e.g., terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Good understanding of Generative AI technologies, frameworks, key LLMs, and architecture patterns.
  • Exposure to agentic AI architectures and prompt engineering.
  • Good understanding and experience building orchestration frameworks for real-time and batch model services.
  • Good understanding of various model development algorithms and types of ML use cases e.g., regression, classification.
  • Strong fundamental knowledge of data structures and algorithms.

Nice to Have

  • Development experience for WebService API with AWS suite of Tools.
  • Familiarity with big data technologies (i.e., Hadoop, Spark, Hive, etc.) and RDBMS.
  • Hands-on experience with public cloud GCP, especially Vertex AI, Cloud Run, BigQuery, and GKE.
  • Basic understanding of ML frameworks i.e., TensorFlow, Scikit Learn, etc.
  • Experience with Agile framework and scrum/Kanban based project management.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in relevant roles.

Benefits & Perks

  • The listed annualized base pay range is $117,200 - $175,800, with actual pay varying based on performance and competencies.
  • Additional rewards may include short-term or annual bonuses, long-term incentives, and on-the-spot recognition.

Working at The Hartford

Every day, a day to do right. Showing up for people isn't just what we do. It's who we are - and have been for more than 200 years. We're devoted to finding innovative ways to serve our customers, communities, and employees—continually asking ourselves what more we can do. Our values drive us to do more and to do better every day, fostering a culture of service, innovation, and inclusivity.

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Job Details

Posted AtJul 17, 2025
Job CategoryData Science
Salary117k-176k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeHybrid
ExperienceSenior

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About The Hartford

Website

thehartford.com

Location

Charlotte, NC

Industry

Direct Life Insurance Carriers

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