Senior AI Platform Architect & Governance Lead

CVS Health Corporation; Colorado; On-site; USD 144,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health Corporation in the United States is seeking a Principal AI Architect for Aetna Technology to set the technical direction for AI capabilities, including multi-model platforms and agentic workloads, emphasizing design authority over reports.

This senior role defines reference architectures, champions responsible AI, and partners with platform and finance teams to align AI investments with measurable outcomes; it requires deep hands-on expertise and a vision for scalable, governed AI

Qualifications

• 12+ years in technology with hands-on AI/ML platform experience.
• Ownership of AI reference architectures and paved-road patterns.
• Experience designing agentic systems and orchestration.
• Strong grounding in responsible AI and guardrail design.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI reference architectures and model/agent development patterns.
• Define agent orchestration and reusable skills layer across journeys.
• Set API-first integration standards and governance for AI workloads.
• Embed guardrails and safety controls into the paved road by default.
• Define model evaluation, benchmarking and ROI measurement.

Skills

AI platform architecture

Model serving

Multi-model orchestration

Responsible AI & guardrails

Cloud platforms AWS/GCP/Azure

Influence & design authority

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

CVS Health Corporation in the United States is seeking a Principal AI Architect for Aetna Technology to set the technical direction for AI capabilities, including multi-model platforms and agentic workloads, emphasizing design authority over reports.

This senior role defines reference architectures, champions responsible AI, and partners with platform and finance teams to align AI investments with measurable outcomes; it requires deep hands-on expertise and a vision for scalable, governed AI