Senior Machine Learning Engineer / Software Engineer

Place of work: Cracow

Our opportunity:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data are at the core of our Group’s digital transformation. It will support us improving our product offerings, enhance customer service and underwriting capabilities. We are looking for an innovative, visionary, hands-on professional who possesses the passion and experience to take a key role within Zurich’s Group AI & Data Transformation team. Using and embedding deep learning, large language models (LLM), computer vision, machine learning and next generation agents to unlock the power of Generative AI, you will help to improve key business outcomes, through insights generation and human augmentation. You will join our multidisciplinary team that ideates, develops, implements, and deploys AI at the forefront. This is an excellent opportunity to take advantage of emerging AI trends to a real-world difference.

To do this we are looking for a hands-on, team-oriented personality with a passion for technology- and business-driven innovation and who wants to work with a team of talented AI experts, machine learning engineers, data engineers, backend developers, ML Ops professionals, architects, and AI Governance specialists.

Focus:

Developing and implementing machine learning models and algorithms to address specific business problems in insurance, and integrating these solutions into products and services.

Typical activities:

• Design and develop machine learning models to solve specific business problems in insurance
• Collect, pre-process, and explore large datasets to extract meaningful insights
• Train and fine-tune machine learning models to optimize performance
• Develop and implement algorithms to solve complex problems
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate machine learning solutions into solutions (products and services)
• Monitor and maintain machine learning systems to ensure optimal performance and scalability
• Stay up-to-date with the latest research and technology advancements in the field of machine learning
   

Skills needed:

• 1+ year of experience as ML engineer, Data Scientist or similar
• Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms, large language models and statistical modelling
• Strong programmer, with good understanding of building solutions
• Expertise in programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++
• Experience with machine/deep learning, NLP and LLM frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Langchain, Pinecone, others
• Willingness to learn and adapt to emerging tools, techniques, and trends in large language models and Generative AI
• Strong track record with ML engineering techniques in cloud environment (Azure, AWS)
• Ability to work with large datasets and distributed computing platforms such as Spark
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
   

We offer

• real life opportunities to develop and grow with us and contribute to the world around us
• competitive salaries, language allowance and an employee benefits package that includes among others medical insurance, life insurance and sport-card
• annual bonus depending on company annual results and individual performance
• wide range of learning programs and personal development opportunities including also possibility to apply for up to 80% of educational trainings reimbursement
• referral awards
• onsite fitness trainings
• fresh fruits at the office
• possibility to work from home
• nice and friendly atmosphere

Who we are:
 

Zurich is one of the world’s leading insurance groups, and one of the few to operate on a global basis. Our mission is to help our customers understand and protect themselves from risk.  
 

In March 2016 we established a Share Service Centre in Kraków, in Poland to support our global strategy. It is from this location that we have created a global shared service platform, focusing on advanced business functions such as financial accounting and reporting, planning and performance management, ICFR testing, financial systems management as well as HR integrated talent management operations.
 

We are committed to creating value for all our stakeholders on some of their deepest challenges, including climate change, a changing world of work and a digital society. Sustainability is a strategic priority for Zurich and it is our ambition to be known as one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world. In 2019, Zurich outperformed 99 percent of our industry peers in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. And we received numerous awards across the world acknowledging our commitment to diversity, community resilience and responsible investment. Reinforcing our ambition, in June 2019 Zurich first insurer to commit to the UN Global Compact’s Business Ambition for 1.5C. We believe sustainability is about meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs – ultimately ensuring we do business in a way today that ensures our long term growth.
 

This role is related to the key area of Zurich’s activity in Kraków. We are committed to complete the recruitment process as soon as possible, however in some occasions it may take up to 6 months and the requirements for the position may be subject to some clarification or modification during the recruitment process.