A company built to serve you. It's your career, Shelter it!
AI Engineer
$90,646 - $112,382 / year minimum starting pay
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Location: Columbia, Missouri (On-site, Full-time)
Shelter maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in geographic location, education, training, skills, relevant work experience, business needs and market demands. Please remember that this range is the starting base pay only and does not consider other components that make up the total rewards package for the position.
What You Will Be Doing:
Implement and support governed AI experiences under senior engineer, architect, and product leader direction. Balance rapid experimentation with enterprise testing, security, observability, and operational ownership.
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, data science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience, required.
- Experience developing software, data products, AI applications, or enterprise integrations.
- Hands-on experience with Python and REST APIs, plus familiarity with SQL and Git, required.
- Working knowledge of large language models, prompt engineering, embeddings, vector search, RAG, and agentic workflows, required.
- Experience with Snowflake, Glean, or comparable data, search, knowledge-management, or AI platforms.
- Understanding of software development lifecycle practices, testing, monitoring, and secure development.
- Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Experience building with Snowflake Cortex, Snowflake CoCo, Glean agents, or similar enterprise AI platforms, preferred.
- Experience with evaluation harnesses, prompt/version management, observability, or AI quality measurement, preferred.
- Experience in insurance, financial services, or other highly regulated data environments, preferred.
- Familiarity with identity, role-based access control, data classification, and privacy-by-design practices, preferred.
- Ability to perform essential functions of the position, with or without a reasonable accommodation.
Shelter's uncompromising commitment to excellence doesn't stop with our customers. We recognize our employees are what make us a premier organization in the insurance industry. Shelter Employees enjoy such benefits as:
- Health, Dental, Voluntary Vision and Prescription Drug Insurance
- Savings and Profit Sharing 401(k)
- Paid Time Off for Sick and Personal Leave, Vacation and Holidays
- Vitality Wellness Program
- "Dress for Your Day" Dress Code
- Flexible Scheduling
- And much more!
If interested, please apply by:
09/28/2026
