AI-Native Software Engineer

AI-Native Software EngineerAI-Native Software EngineerLocation: This role requires associates to be in-office 3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.The AI-Native Software Engineer will be responsible for shipping, evaluating, securing, and supporting real systems. The ideal candidate is a strong engineer who has real hands-on experience using AI to build and ship production-quality software. They should be able to use AI agents and coding assistants across the SDLC: planning, design, codebase analysis, implementation, testing, documentation, code review, refactoring, deployment, and production support.How you will make an impact:Development on agentic AI engineering technology.Daily or weekly use of AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex-style agents, or similar.Model evaluation and quality measurement.Maintains active relationships with internal and/or external stakeholder to develop business requirements.Analyzes and classifies complex change request and identifies and documents possible system code enhancements.Demonstrates knowledge of industry trends, responsible AI, data privacy, and secure handling of sensitive information.Collaborates with engineers and graphic designers, analyzes and classifies complex change request and reviews and evaluates possible enhancements.Works with development team to develop and define application scope and objectives and prepare functional and/or technical specifications.Analyzes and evaluates detailed business and technical requirements.Understands the product and analytics and drive requirements that take into account stakeholders needs.Identifies problems/risks.Codes and maintains complex components of information systems.Mentors others on coding standards and performs code reviews.Reviews test cases and advises QA on adjacent code/regression impact.Develops and performs system testing and fixes defects identified during testing and re-executes unit tests to validate results.Aids in integrating activities with other IT departments for successful implementation and support of project efforts.Provides on call support and monitors the system and identifies system deficiencies.Minimum Requirements:Requires a BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 3 years experience on one platform, multi database, multi language or multi business application; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:Experience with healthcare, payer, claims, clinical, HIPAA, PHI, regulated industry, or enterprise security experience.Strong software engineering fundamentals including, cloud-native development, APIs and microservices, CI/CD, automated testing, and secure SDLC strongly preferred.Experience building or integrating AI agents, tool/function calling, RAG, memory, model routing, evaluations, guardrails, observability, and secure API/tool access strongly preferred.Experience with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, including AgentCore Runtime, Memory, Identity, Gateway, Code Interpreter, Browser Tool, Observability, Evaluations, and Policy and is strongly preferred.Experience building LLM or SLM applications.Ability to review, test, and harden AI-generated code.Production support experience.For candidates working in person or virtually in the below locations, the salary* range for this specific position is $112,640 to $176,640.Location: California, Colorado, MinnesotaIn addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.* The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.If this job is assigned to any Government Business Division entity, the applicant and incumbent fall under a'sensitive position' work designation and may be subject to additional requirements beyond those associates outside Government Business Divisions. Requirements include but are not limited to more stringent and frequent background checks and/or government clearances, segregation of duties principles, role specific training, monitoring of daily job functions, and sensitive data handling instructions. Associates in these jobs must follow the specific policies, procedures, guidelines, etc. as stated by the Government Business Division in which they are employed.Job Level:Non-Management ExemptWorkshift:Job Family:IFT > Engineering/Dev