Distinguished Engineer
Elevance Health1 day ago
Durham, NC, USA +5 moreStaff+
Base Salary
$243k - $365k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and deliver scalable, resilient, production-grade AI solutions using agentic systems, LLMs, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
- Define enterprise-wide architecture patterns, integration standards, technical direction, and reusable platform capabilities.
- Lead AI-driven modernization of complex legacy systems through code transformation, service decomposition, and continuous optimization.
- Design and implement AI-enabled software development lifecycle practices to improve engineering velocity and quality.
- Establish technical standards, governance, 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 Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 15 years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in distributed systems and large-scale architecture.
- Experience delivering production-grade AI/ML systems at scale, agentic systems or complex LLM applications, and large-scale legacy modernization.
- Strong programming expertise in Python, Java, or similar languages.
- Deep experience with APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, cloud platforms, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
- Preferred: expertise in healthcare technology ecosystems, AWS, Azure, GCP, full-stack engineering, and secure cloud-native architecture.
- Preferred: hands-on development and deployment of AI/ML solutions, including GenAI, LLMs, and modern AI development frameworks and tooling.
- Preferred: knowledge of cloud infrastructure, IAM, encryption, network security, and cloud security best practices.
- Preferred: experience driving DevSecOps adoption through automation, CI/CD optimization, infrastructure as code, and secure software delivery.
- Preferred: exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence cross-functional and executive stakeholders.
Benefits
- Hybrid work requiring associates to be in the office 1–2 days per week, with commuting-distance requirements.
- Benefits include medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, paid holidays, paid time off, wellness programs, financial education resources, 401(k) with match, stock purchase plan, incentive programs, and potential equity benefits.
- The position is based in Maryland and is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship.
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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.