Senior AI Systems Architect & Lead Engineer

The Elevance Health Companies, Inc.; Mendota Heights (MN); Hybrid; USD 255,000 - 382,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevance Health in Mendota Heights, MN seeks a Distinguished Engineer to architect scalable AI solutions and lead enterprise technical direction. You will guide modernization of legacy systems through AI-enabled practices and mentor engineering teams in a hybrid work model.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and 15+ years in software engineering with distributed systems, APIs, microservices, cloud, CI/CD, and DevOps proficiency.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in software engineering with distributed systems and large-scale architectures.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions using Python, Java, or comparable OO languages, APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures; applying cloud, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deliver scalable AI solutions using agentic systems, 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 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 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.

Skills

AI/ML systems

Distributed systems

Large-scale architectures

Python

Java

APIs & microservices

Event-driven architectures

Cloud & DevOps

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Job description

Elevance Health in Mendota Heights, MN seeks a Distinguished Engineer to architect scalable AI solutions and lead enterprise technical direction. You will guide modernization of legacy systems through AI-enabled practices and mentor engineering teams in a hybrid work model.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and 15+ years in software engineering with distributed systems, APIs, microservices, cloud, CI/CD, and DevOps proficiency.