{"id":1587934,"url":"https://alion.io/job/allianz-senior-java-ai-technical-lead-d-2678","title":"Senior Java AI Technical Lead_D-2678","company":{"id":1757325,"name":"Allianz","domain":"allianz.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/allianz-com","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":[],"countries":[],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":25000,"max_usd":54000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":51},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Anthropic","optional":false},{"name":"Apache Kafka","optional":false},{"name":"Cassandra","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Claude","optional":false},{"name":"Couchbase","optional":false},{"name":"Docker","optional":false},{"name":"DynamoDB","optional":false},{"name":"Gemini","optional":false},{"name":"Git","optional":false},{"name":"GPT-4","optional":false},{"name":"Gradle","optional":false},{"name":"Java","optional":false},{"name":"Jenkins","optional":false},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":false},{"name":"LLM","optional":false},{"name":"Maven","optional":false},{"name":"OpenAI","optional":false},{"name":"Prompt Engineering","optional":false},{"name":"RAG","optional":false},{"name":"Rest API","optional":false},{"name":"Semantic Search","optional":false},{"name":"Semantic Search","optional":false},{"name":"Spring Boot","optional":false},{"name":"Spring Framework","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-22T02:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-22","last_verified_at":"2026-10-02T04:44:32Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":11,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":11},"description":"OBJECTIVE OF THE ROLE\nWe are seeking a highly skilled Senior Developer with strong hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and NoSQL databases - now expanded to include AI/ML engineering capabilities. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable applications while integrating AI-powered features into enterprise insurance systems. Experience in the Insurance domain will be a strong advantage.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nDesign, develop, and enhance backend services and APIs using Java and Spring Boot.\nBuild high-throughput and resilient event-driven components using Kafka.\nWork with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases to design efficient data models and optimize queries.\nIntegrate Large Language Models (LLMs) such as OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini into backend services via REST APIs and SDKs.\nBuild and maintain AI-powered microservices including RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines, semantic search, and document intelligence features.\nSupport CI/CD pipeline integration, model deployment automation, and MLOps tooling.\nContribute to documentation, technical specifications, and architectural diagrams.\nREQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS\n5+ years of hands-on development experience in Java-based applications.\nStrong expertise in Java (8/11/17), Spring Framework, Spring Boot, and RESTful services.\nExperience with Kafka for messaging, streaming, or event-driven architecture.\nPractical knowledge of MongoDB or other NoSQL databases (e.g., Cassandra, DynamoDB, Couchbase).\nSolid understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.\nHands-on experience consuming LLM APIs (OpenAI GPT-4o, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini) in production Java applications.\nFamiliarity with Spring AI or LangChain4j for building LLM-backed services in Java ecosystems.\nExperience with prompt engineering - crafting, versioning, and testing prompts for accuracy, safety, and cost efficiency.\nKnowledge of embedding models and vector stores for semantic search and RAG pipelines.\nStrong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills. • Experience with Git, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins, Docker, or Kubernetes is a plus.\nAllianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges is what makes us a unique employer. We are united by a shared commitment: to put our customers first and at the center of everything we do. Their needs inspire our thinking and guide our actions. Together, we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and confident to explore, grow and shape a better future - for our customers and for the world around us.\nAt Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. The foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and where integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust are at the heart of our culture. We therefore welcome applications regardless of race, ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.\nGreat to have you on board. Let's care for tomorrow.\nNote: Having different strengths, experiences, perspectives and approaches is an integral part of Allianz‘ company culture. One means to achieve this is a regular rotation of Allianz employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, Allianz expects from its employees a general openness and a high motivation to regularly change positions and collect experiences across Allianz Group.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3759,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-01T15:22:20Z"}],"liveness":{"score":82,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.825,"p_room":1,"age_days":10,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-02T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/allianz-senior-java-ai-technical-lead-d-2678","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/allianz-senior-java-ai-technical-lead-d-2678.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-03T03:40:42Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":3706,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":1294,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-04T00:00:00Z"}}}