AI Engineering Leader: Enterprise Platforms & GenAI

CVS Health; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement savings

Wellness programs

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Manager of AI Engineering in New York to build and lead the organization’s AI engineering capabilities, aligning AI investments with business goals and ensuring secure, scalable AI platforms.

The role demands hands-on leadership of enterprise-scale AI initiatives, collaboration with business partners, and delivering architecture‑driven results across cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering, platform engineering, machine learning, or AI engineering experience.
• 2+ years leading engineering teams or architecture initiatives.
• Proven experience designing, building, and operating cloud‑native applications on AWS and/or GCP.
• Experience delivering production AI solutions, including Generative AI, Agentic AI, and Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) platforms.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, microservices, event‑driven architectures, and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience partnering within a product operating model to define technology roadmaps and deliver business outcomes.
• Exceptional communication, mentorship, and technical leadership skills with the ability to influence both technical and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor, and develop a high‑performing team of AI and software engineers while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Establish the technical vision, engineering standards, and architectural roadmap for enterprise AI platforms and solutions.
• Serve as the senior technical leader for AI initiatives, providing architectural guidance, conducting design reviews, and driving key engineering decisions.
• Coach and develop engineers in system design, software engineering best practices, operational excellence, and professional growth.
• Partner with executive leadership to align AI investments, technology strategy, and delivery priorities with business objectives.
• Lead end‑to‑end solution delivery across the software development lifecycle, ensuring solutions meet business, performance, scalability, reliability, security, and cost objectives.

Skills

Software engineering

Leadership

Cloud platforms

Generative AI

RAG

Microservices

Security & compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS Bedrock

GCP Vertex AI

Azure AI

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Manager of AI Engineering in New York to build and lead the organization’s AI engineering capabilities, aligning AI investments with business goals and ensuring secure, scalable AI platforms.

The role demands hands-on leadership of enterprise-scale AI initiatives, collaboration with business partners, and delivering architecture‑driven results across cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).