RLI Insurance Company
Experienced AI Engineer - Generative AI/Machine Learning
Chicago, IL, USA · Senior
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~45% per draw at Level III). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$20,883 more — $141,398 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $141,398 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Creating a different and better insurance experience doesn't just happen.
- RLI is a Glassdoor Best Places to Work company with a strong, successful background.
- Please note that the base salary is only one component of our robust total rewards package at RLI.
Compensation
- Annual bonus plans
- Annual 401k and ESOP profit-sharing contributions (Up to 15% of eligible earnings)
- 2x base salary for group life and AD&D insurance
Benefits
- We hire the best and the brightest employees and allow them to share in the company's success through our Total Rewards.
- With the Employee Stock Ownership plan at its core, the Total Rewards program includes all compensation, benefits and perks that come with being an RLI employee.
- Annual bonus plans
- Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
- Annual 401k and ESOP profit-sharing contributions (Up to 15% of eligible earnings)
- Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
- Paid volunteer time off (VTO) to support our communities
- Parental and family care leave
- Flexible & hybrid work arrangements
Company info
- We're not like other insurance companies. From our specialty products to our business model, our culture to our results - we're different. Different is who we are, and how we work, interact, deliver and succeed together. Creating a different and better insurance experience doesn't just happen. It takes focus and a shared passion for going beyond the expected to forge relationships and deliver care that makes a difference. This approach rises from and is supported by our talented, ethical and smart team of employee owners united around a single purpose: to work alongside our customers and partners when they need us, in unexpected ways, with exceptional results. Apply today to make a difference with us.
- RLI is a Glassdoor Best Places to Work company with a strong, successful background. For decades, our financial track record has been stellar - a testament to our culture and validation of our reputation as an excellent underwriting company.
- Position Purpose
- Under general management, design, develop, and deliver next-generation AI solutions that improve business processes across the enterprise. Develop intelligent applications, integrate AI capabilities with enterprise systems, and build scalable cloud-native solutions that enable automation, knowledge discovery, and operational efficiency. Collaborate with product owners, architects, business stakeholders, and development teams to design secure, scalable, and maintainable AI-enabled solutions that solve complex business challenges.
- Design, develop, test, and deploy enterprise AI applications using modern software engineering practices.
- Build intelligent solutions utilizing Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, and workflow orchestration technologies.
- Develop scalable backend services, REST APIs, and cloud-native applications that integrate AI capabilities with enterprise systems.
- Design and implement integrations using APIs, messaging, and event-driven architectures.
- Develop document processing, OCR, and knowledge extraction solutions using AI technologies.
- Design and implement vector search, semantic retrieval, and enterprise knowledge base solutions.
- Deploy, manage, and optimize applications within Kubernetes-based environments.
- Collaborate with business partners to understand business needs and translate them into practical AI-enabled solutions.
- Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, Agile ceremonies, technical planning, and solution design discussions.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and software engineering best practices.
Visa & Work Authorization
- nity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any oth
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