Staff AI Engineer: Agentic AI & Cloud Solutions (Remote)

CVS Health; Dover (DE); On-site; USD 110,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Software Engineer specializing in developing machine learning solutions using Agentic AI/ML, serving as a leader and role model in engineering for peers and clients within the Claims Adjudication team. This role will drive modern AI‑driven approaches across the organization.

You will lead project teams across Azure, GCP, on‑prem IBMi, and agentic frameworks, architect scalable solutions, mentor engineers, and partner with cross‑functional teams to deliver

Qualifications

• 7+ years as a Software Engineer or combination of machine learning and software engineering with 5+ years leading software development projects.
• 5+ years developing software using tools like Angular, Java Spring boot, creating cloud native environments in platforms like GCP, Azure or AWS.
• 3+ years of Python programming with In‑depth understanding of APIs and microservices‑based architecture and Git and version control.
• 2+ years of AI and agentic solution development, including: Designing and deploying intelligent agents and autonomous workflows, Integrating AI/ML models into cloud‑native applications. Leveraging LLMs, vector databases, and orchestration frameworks to build agentic systems, Applying prompt engineering, retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG), and multi‑agent collaboration patterns

Responsibilities

• Formulate vision and implementation plans for end goals across short, medium, and long term.
• Break down complex problems into manageable components for exploration and evaluation.
• Design and implement APIs, microservices, CI/CD pipelines, and real-time streaming on cloud platforms such as Azure or GCP.
• Research emerging technologies to keep solutions current and future-proof.
• Provide technical guidance ensuring clean, scalable code following best practices and patterns.
• Architect and implement Enterprise‑scale Agentic AI solutions leveraging MCP, RAG, reusable Skills, and multi‑agent orchestration.
• Design AI platforms using vector databases, semantic search, contextual retrieval, and efficient prompting.
• Establish standards for MCP integrations, AI Skills, memory management, and workflow automation.
• Lead intelligent solutions combining cloud‑native architectures, modern AI frameworks, RAG, and agentic workflows.
• Partner with teams across functions to solve complex projects using interlocking technologies.
• Acquire domain knowledge to advise technical leads and peers.
• Establish execution of technical direction, standards, and best practices.
• Lead assigned team projects and mentor junior resources.

Skills

Software engineering leadership

Machine learning

Python

AI/agentic development

API & microservices design

Prompting & RAG

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Angular

Java Spring Boot

GCP

Azure

AWS

Git

CI/CD

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Staff Software Engineer specializing in developing machine learning solutions using Agentic AI/ML, serving as a leader and role model in engineering for peers and clients within the Claims Adjudication team. This role will drive modern AI‑driven approaches across the organization.

You will lead project teams across Azure, GCP, on‑prem IBMi, and agentic frameworks, architect scalable solutions, mentor engineers, and partner with cross‑functional teams to deliver