The AI Center of Excellence Innovation team is seeking a Software Engineering Advisor to design, build, and scale reusable AI-enabled software solutions across Evernorth and the enterprise.
This role is suited for an early to mid-career engineer with strong full stack fundamentals and hands-on experience with modern AI technologies, including generative AI and knowledge graph-based systems. The Software Engineering Advisor will partner with senior engineers, architects, data scientists, and business stakeholders to deliver production-ready solutions while continuing to build technical and architectural depth.
Role Objective
Contribute to the delivery of high-quality, reusable AI-first software that supports strategic initiatives across U.S. and global teams. This role focuses on application and service development-not traditional data engineering or reporting.
Technical Focus
Full stack development of AI-powered applications and services
LLM-based workflows, tools, and agents
Knowledge graph integration and semantic retrieval
Cloud-native development and containerization
Reusable components and reference implementations
Technology Stack
AWS
Docker and Podman
Python (FastAPI, Pydantic, Pydantic-AI, LangChain)
Neo4j and graph technologies
Commercial and open-source LLMs
LangSmith and observability tooling
Git-based CI/CD pipelines
Expectations
Deliver maintainable, well-structured code with senior guidance
Participate in sprint planning, design reviews, and code reviews
Contribute to architecture and implementation improvements
Balance experimentation with reliability and quality
Core Responsibilities
Design and build backend services and APIs for AI applications
Contribute to full stack features and service orchestration
Develop and integrate LLM-based workflows and agents
Support pilots and proofs of concept through production
Translate requirements into technical solutions
Support deployments, triage issues, and automate testing
Engineering Mindset
Apply best practices for quality, reliability, and reuse
Build cloud-ready, well-architected applications
Take ownership of deliverables
Continuously improve code quality and developer experience
Collaboration
Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical partners
Actively participate in agile ceremonies
Raise questions and risks early
Collaborate across teams and experience levels
Required Qualifications
Early to mid-career software engineering experience
Strong Python and API development skills
Hands-on experience with generative AI or AI-enabled systems
Familiarity with knowledge graphs or graph modeling
Cloud-native development experience (AWS preferred)
Experience with containers (Docker or Podman)
Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals
Git and agile development experience
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in AI, innovation, or platform teams
Exposure to multiple LLM providers or evaluation frameworks
Observability and monitoring experience
Contributions to shared libraries or accelerators
Open-source interest or contributions
Personal Attributes
Growth-oriented and eager to learn in an AI-first environment
Comfortable with ambiguity
Focused on solving real business problems
Receptive to feedback and continuous improvement
Collaborative and accountable?
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 111,700 - 186,100 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.
This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.
At The Cigna Group, you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, click here (https://jobs.thecignagroup.com/us/en/benefits) .
About The Cigna Group
Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.
The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.
Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.
