Lead AI Engineer
Location: This role requires associates to be in-office 3 days per week , fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within commuting distance from an office
Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.
PLEASE NOTE: This position is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship
The Lead AI Engineer will drive the design, development, and deployment of AI solutions in healthcare. This role focuses on building production-grade, compliant, and trustworthy AI systems that improve healthcare outcomes, operational efficiency, and decision-making. You will lead AI initiatives end-to-end while working closely with clinical, product, data, and engineering teams in a highly regulated environment.
How You Will Make an Impact:
Lead the architecture and implementation of AI and Agentic AI solutions for healthcare use cases.
Design scalable, secure, and compliant AI systems aligned with healthcare regulations.
Establish standards for model governance, validation, monitoring, and explainability.
May implement improvements in stability, performance, and scalability across major business-critical systems.
May implement processes to reduce barriers and roadblocks in projects, services, and processes in order to operate more efficiently.
Build, train, and deploy ML and deep learning models using healthcare data (claims, EHR, clinical notes, imaging, etc.).
Develop data pipelines for structured and unstructured healthcare data.
Implement APIs and services to serve AI models in production environments.
Apply and evaluate Generative AI and LLMs for healthcare use cases (clinical summarization, coding support, member engagement, operational automation).
Develops and defines application scope and objectives and supervises the preparation of technical and/or functional specifications from with programs will be written.
Performs technical design reviews and code reviews.
Ensure AI solutions meet HIPAA, PHI, and data privacy requirements.
Implement responsible AI practices including bias detection, fairness evaluation, and explainability.
Collaborate with legal, compliance, and security teams on model governance.
Partner with product managers, clinicians, data scientists, and business stakeholders to translate healthcare needs into AI solutions.
Identify high-impact healthcare AI use cases and guide prioritization.
Communicate complex AI concepts clearly to clinical and non-technical audiences.
Owns the technical development environment and works on the Enterprise team.
Leads multiple or large projects and facilitates large group JAD sessions for requirements, modeling in several disciplines.
Mentor and guide AI engineers in best practices and healthcare-specific considerations.
Review code, models, and architectures.
Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and building a high-performing AI team.
Minimum Requirements:
Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 7 years related experience; multi-platform, multi-dimensional experience, and expert level experience with business and technical applications; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:
7+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years in AI/ML roles.
Strong expertise in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn).
Proven experience deploying AI/ML models into production healthcare environments.
Solid understanding of:
Machine learning and deep learning techniques.
Model evaluation, validation, and monitoring.
Data pipelines and feature engineering.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), including secure data handling.
Familiarity with MLOps practices (CI/CD, model versioning, drift detection).
Strong understanding of data privacy and security principles.
Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.
Who We Are
Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.
How We Work
At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.
We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.
Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.
The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.
Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact elevancehealthjobssupport@elevancehealth.com for assistance.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.
