Staff AI Engineer

Cardinal Health, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 96,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off

Health savings account (HSA)

401k savings plan

Disability coverage

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health, Inc. is seeking an AI Engineer to join the AI & Innovation team to design and deploy GenAI-powered healthcare solutions at scale, with emphasis on agentic AI, orchestration, and secure compliance.

You will partner with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to build reliable, compliant AI services that improve patient access and outcomes while aligning with HIPAA and enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• Experience designing GenAI/LLM-based applications in enterprise environments.
• Strong Python craftsmanship and production software delivery experience.
• Familiarity with secure, compliant AI design in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and deploy GenAI applications with RAG, prompts, and vector search.
• Build Python-based APIs and scalable AI services for production use.
• Develop agentic multi-step workflows using LangChain/LangGraph/LlamaIndex.
• Integrate AI into healthcare workflows with HIPAA and PHI considerations.
• Deploy, monitor, and optimize GenAI pipelines using cloud-native tools.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure security, privacy, and compliance.
• Document patterns for enterprise reuse and platform sustainability.

Skills

Python

LangChain

LangGraph

LlamaIndex

LLMs / GenAI

MLOps

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/AI/ML

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

LlamaIndex

Azure

GCP

REST APIs

Job description

Cardinal Health – Sonexus Health Pharmacy Services is seeking a highly skilled AI Engineer to join our AI & Innovation team. This role will focus on designing and delivering scalable, production‑ready AI solutions for healthcare and life sciences, with a strong emphasis on Agentic AI, agent orchestration, and Large Language Models (LLMs).

The ideal candidate will help advance Sonexus’ mission of improving patient access, affordability, and therapy outcomes by embedding responsible, secure, and compliant AI capabilities into enterprise healthcare workflows.

Position Overview

As an AI Engineer, you will be responsible for building, deploying, and scaling GenAI‑powered applications that support healthcare operations, patient services, and internal clinical‑adjacent workflows. You will work closely with product, engineering, data, and business stakeholders to ensure AI solutions are reliable, compliant, and aligned with healthcare regulations and enterprise standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and deploy Generative AI applications using techniques such as Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, fine‑tuning, and vector search
• Build and maintain Python‑based APIs and software components to support AI services and ensure scalable, production‑grade solutions
• Develop multi‑step, agentic workflows for reasoning, task execution, and orchestration using frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, and LlamaIndex
• Integrate AI capabilities into healthcare and pharmacy services workflows, including case management, program operations, analytics, and internal knowledge systems
• Deploy, monitor, and optimize GenAI models and pipelines using cloud‑native tooling, orchestration frameworks, and MLOps best practices
• Contribute to the AI platform and reference architecture across cloud environments, including Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure AI solutions meet security, privacy, and compliance requirements (e.g., HIPAA, PHI handling, responsible AI principles)
• Document designs, patterns, and best practices to support enterprise reuse and long‑term platform sustainability
• Evaluate vendor solution architecture, APIs, data flows, identity and access controls, security, scalability, interoperability, and operational supportability
• Participate in technical discovery and proof‑of‑concept activities, document findings and trade‑offs, and provide recommendations for vendor selection, integration approach, and implementation readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related technical field preferred
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Python and any of the one programming language such as Java / .Net /C# etc preferred
• 2+ years of hands‑on experience building GenAI / LLM‑based applications in real‑world or enterprise environments
• Experience designing and implementing agentic or multi‑step AI workflows using orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph or similar
• Strong understanding of retrieval pipelines, embeddings, vector databases, prompt engineering, and LLM APIs
• Experience deploying AI solutions in cloud environments (Azure and/or GCP)
• Familiarity with secure application development and enterprise integration patterns

• Experience working in healthcare, life sciences, pharmacy services, or regulated industries preferred
• Knowledge of HIPAA, PHI data handling, and secure AI design in compliance‑driven environments preferred

  Anticipated salary range:$96,300 - $151,360

  Bonus eligible:No

  Benefits:Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well‑being.

  • Medical, dental and vision coverage
  • Paid time off plan
  • Health savings account (HSA)
  • 401k savings plan
  • Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
  • Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage
  • Work-Life resources
  • Paid parental leave
  • Healthy lifestyle programs

  Application window anticipated to close:12/05/2026

  The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

  Candidates who are back‑to‑work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

  Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.