Senior AI Systems Architect (Enterprise‑Scale)

The Elevance Health Companies, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 243,012 - 364,518; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity stock purchase plan

401(k) contribution

Incentive programs

Job summary

The Elevance Health Companies, Inc. is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of enterprise-grade AI systems.

This hybrid role requires deep expertise in distributed architectures, LLMs, and AI governance, to modernize legacy systems and improve engineering velocity. You will guide architectural direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to drive scalable, secure AI solutions across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor9s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in software engineering with deep expertise in distributed systems and large-scale architecture.
• Experience delivering production-grade AI/ML systems at scale, building agentic systems or complex LLM-based applications.
• Strong programming expertise in Python, Java, or similar languages.
• Deep experience with APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, cloud platforms, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of large-scale, production-grade AI systems and platforms that enable enterprise-wide innovation and modernization.
• Architect and deliver scalable, resilient AI solutions leveraging agentic systems, large language models (LLMs), distributed systems, and event-driven architectures.
• Define enterprise-wide technical direction, including architecture patterns, integration standards, and reusable platform capabilities.
• Lead AI-driven modernization of legacy systems through automated code transformation, service decomposition, and continuous optimization.
• Design and implement AI-enabled software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices to improve engineering velocity and quality.
• Establish technical standards, governance frameworks, and best practices for AI systems, including monitoring, evaluation, and responsible AI.
• Partner with engineering teams and stakeholders to enable adoption of AI-assisted development and drive continuous improvement in system performance and productivity.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship while influencing enterprise technology decisions through deep expertise and hands-on engineering.

Education

Bachelor9s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Python

Java

Job description

The Elevance Health Companies, Inc. is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of enterprise-grade AI systems.

This hybrid role requires deep expertise in distributed architectures, LLMs, and AI governance, to modernize legacy systems and improve engineering velocity. You will guide architectural direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to drive scalable, secure AI solutions across the organization.