Principal Data Scientist — Enterprise AI & ML Ops

CVS Health Corporation; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to serve as the senior technical leader for the Excalibur team. You will design, deploy, and monitor enterprise-scale ML and generative AI solutions, leveraging a unified Databricks data lake to improve IT operations and colleague productivity across CVS Health.

You will mentor a team of data scientists, engineers, and analysts, while shaping the technical strategy and governance for AI initiatives with executive visibility across one of the

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Data Science, ML, AI, or advanced analytics delivering production-ready solutions.
• 6+ years developing production-quality solutions using Python, SQL, Spark.
• 4+ years building scalable data pipelines and data lakes, including Databricks.
• 2+ years designing and deploying Generative AI solutions in enterprise environments.
• 3+ years leading or mentoring data scientists and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and monitor ML models and generative AI applications to improve IT operations and productivity.
• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and curated datasets on Databricks.
• Architect self-service analytics and conversational data experiences for data-driven decisions.
• Write and review production-grade Python, SQL, and Spark code with strong software engineering practices.
• Own the team's technical roadmap and drive ML/AI architecture decisions.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Python

SQL

Spark

Databricks

MLflow

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Principal Data Scientist to serve as the senior technical leader for the Excalibur team. You will design, deploy, and monitor enterprise-scale ML and generative AI solutions, leveraging a unified Databricks data lake to improve IT operations and colleague productivity across CVS Health.

You will mentor a team of data scientists, engineers, and analysts, while shaping the technical strategy and governance for AI initiatives with executive visibility across one of the