Senior Machine Learning Search Engineer

CVS Health; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings options

Wellness programs

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer focused on Search and Machine Learning to evolve Find Care experiences. You will guide teams building high-impact search capabilities that help millions of members discover providers and care options.

The role emphasizes large-scale information retrieval, ranking, and platform reliability with collaboration across product, engineers, and stakeholders. A strong ML and Python background is essential for success in this full-time position.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant depth in search or data-intensive systems.
• 3+ years of experience in Information Retrieval concepts (inverted indexes, scoring models, relevance tuning).
• Demonstrated execution excellence from design through production support.
• Growth mindset with a track record of mentoring engineers and raising technical standards.
• Experience in AI driven coding include Claude Code, Copilot.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement advanced search solutions, leading the development and optimization of search algorithms and systems using Elastic/OpenSearch.
• Fine-tune search relevance applying ML techniques to improve result quality.
• Explore cutting-edge technologies like Agentic Solutions, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, and LLMs to enhance search capabilities.
• Analyze search data, user behavior, and performance metrics to identify improvement areas.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver impactful results.
• Develop and evaluate analytical models and predictive approaches to search problems.
• Use Python to explore, examine, and interpret large volumes of search data.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

Search engineering

Information Retrieval

Mentoring

AI coding

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

OpenSearch

Elasticsearch

Solr

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer focused on Search and Machine Learning to evolve Find Care experiences. You will guide teams building high-impact search capabilities that help millions of members discover providers and care options.

The role emphasizes large-scale information retrieval, ranking, and platform reliability with collaboration across product, engineers, and stakeholders. A strong ML and Python background is essential for success in this full-time position.