AI-Native Software Engineer Advisor Senior

Elevance Health (Anthem); Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Elevance Health (Anthem) is seeking an AI-Native Software Engineer Advisor Senior to design, ship, and support production systems using AI across the SDLC. You will work hands-on with AI agents and coding assistants for planning, design, code analysis, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.

The role requires a BA/BS in IT or CS and 7+ years multi-platform experience; healthcare payer experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field and 7+ years of multi-platform and/or business and technical applications experience.
• Healthcare payer, HIPAA, PHI, regulated industry experience is preferred.
• Experience building or integrating AI agents, tool/function calling, memory, model routing, evaluations, guardrails, observability, and secure API/tool access is strongly preferred.
• Production support experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop agentic AI engineering technology.
• Daily use of AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex-style agents).
• Model evaluation and quality measurement.
• Maintain knowledge of industry trends and responsible AI.
• Lead requirements gathering and design reviews with business stakeholders.
• Own change request process and coordinate with other teams.
• Develop and own list of final enhancements.
• Define application scope and supervise preparation of specs.
• Perform design reviews and code reviews.
• Coordinate on-call support and system monitoring.
• Own the technical development environment and Enterprise team.
• Lead large projects and conduct JAD sessions.
• Lead vendor evaluation and analyses.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Cloud-native dev

APIs & microservices

CI/CD

Automated testing

Secure SDLC

AI agents integration

Production support

Education

BA/BS in IT or CS

Tools

Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Job description

Job Description

AI-Native Software Engineer Advisor Senior

PLEASE NOTE: This position is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship

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 a 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.

The AI-Native Software Engineer Advisor Senior will be responsible for s hipping, evaluating, securing, and supporting real systems. The ideal candidate is a strong engineer who has real hands-on experience using AI to build and ship production-quality software. They should be able to use AI agents and coding assistants across the SDLC: planning, design, codebase analysis, implementation, testing, documentation, code review, refactoring, deployment, and production support.

How you will make an impact:

• Development on agentic AI engineering technology.
• Daily or weekly use of AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex-style agents, or similar.
• Model evaluation and quality measurement.
• Demonstrates knowledge of industry trends, r esponsible AI, data privacy, and secure handling of sensitive information.
• Maintains active relationships with customers to determine business requirements, leads requirements gathering meetings and reviews designs with the business.
• Owns the change request process and coordinates with other teams as necessary.
• Develops and owns list of final enhancements.
• 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.
• Coordinates and manages on-call support and owns the system monitoring process.
• 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.
• Leads vendor evaluation and analysis

Minimum Requirements:

Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and minimum of 7 years multi platform and/or business and technical applications; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

• Experience with healthcare, payer, claims, clinical, HIPAA, PHI, regulated industry, or enterprise security experience.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including, cloud-native development, APIs and microservices, CI/CD, automated testing, and secure SDLC strongly preferred.
• Experience building or integrating AI agents, tool/function calling, RAG, memory, model routing, evaluations, guardrails, observability, and secure API/tool access strongly preferred.
• Experience with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, including AgentCore Runtime, Memory, Identity, Gateway, Code Interpreter, Browser Tool, Observability, Evaluations, and Policy and is strongly preferred.
• Experience building LLM or SLM applications.
• Ability to review, test, and harden AI-generated code.
• Production support experience preferred.

For candidates working in person or virtually in the below locations, the salary* range for this specific position is $141,592 to $222,042

Location: California, Colorado, Minnesota, Virginia

In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.

* The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested,