Distinguished Engineer
Elevance Health2 days ago
Atlanta, GA, USA or Indianapolis, IN, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Architect, develop, deploy, and operate large-scale production-grade AI systems and platforms.
- Define enterprise-wide architecture patterns, integration standards, technical direction, and reusable platform capabilities.
- Lead AI-driven legacy modernization through automated code transformation, service decomposition, and continuous optimization.
- Design AI-enabled software development lifecycle practices to improve engineering velocity and quality.
- Establish technical standards, governance frameworks, monitoring, evaluation, and responsible AI practices.
- Partner with engineering teams and stakeholders to drive adoption of AI-assisted development and improve system performance and productivity.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, mentorship, and influence over enterprise technology decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 15 years of software engineering experience, including leading, designing, implementing, and operating distributed systems and large-scale architectures.
- Experience with Python, Java, or comparable object-oriented programming languages.
- Experience designing and implementing APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, cloud solutions, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
- Demonstrated ability to personally architect, build, optimize, deploy, and operate production-grade software while mentoring technical talent.
- Deep understanding and hands-on experience with AI, generative AI, agentic systems, LLMs, intelligent automation, and modern data architectures.
- Experience connecting business processes, products, data, systems, and technology into scalable enterprise solutions.
- Experience building enterprise technology capabilities as products, including roadmaps, reusable platforms, architectural standards, and investment priorities.
- Healthcare payer and provider ecosystem experience is preferred, including provider onboarding, credentialing, contracting, provider data, network management, performance, and interoperability.
- Proven ability to drive complex initiatives from problem definition and architecture through development, deployment, and measurable outcomes.
- Exceptional executive communication, strategic influence, cross-functional collaboration, and ability to lead without direct authority.
Benefits
- Hybrid role requiring three days per week in the office; alternate locations may be considered within commuting distance.
- Market-competitive total rewards including merit increases, paid holidays, paid time off, and incentive bonus programs.
- Medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs, and financial education resources.
- Anticipated posting end date is November 30, 2026.
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About Elevance Health
Fueled by our bold purpose to improve the health of humanity, we are transforming from a traditional health benefits organization into a lifetime trusted health partner. Our nearly 100,000 associates serve more than 118 million people, at every stage of health. We address a full range of needs with an integrated whole health approach, powered by industry-leading capabilities and a digital platform for health. We believe that improving health for everyone is possible. It begins by redefining health, reimagining the health system, and strengthening our communities.