Distinguished Engineer

Distinguished Engineer

This role requires associates to be in-office 1 - 2 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. Ideal candidates will be able to report to our Pulse Point location in Atlanta, Georgia. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

The Distinguished Engineer is responsible for leading the design, development, and deployment of large-scale, production-grade artificial intelligence (AI) systems and platforms that enable enterprise-wide innovation and modernization.

How you will make an impact:

• Architect and deliver scalable, resilient AI solutions leveraging technologies such as agentic systems, large language models (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 software development lifecycle (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 and stakeholders 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.

Minimum Requirements:

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and a minimum of 15 years of experience in software engineering, including experience leading, designing, implementing, and operating distributed systems and large-scale architectures, or any combination of education and experience which would provide an equivalent background.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions using Python, Java, or comparable object-oriented programming languages also required, as well as experience designing and implementing APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures, and applying cloud, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

• Advanced experience designing and leading distributed systems and large-scale architectures is strongly preferred, as well as experience establishing enterprise technology standards and influencing technical direction across multiple teams or business domains is strongly preferred.
• Experience serving as a technical authority for software engineering practices, architecture, platform strategy and modern application architectures, including APIs, microservices, cloud technologies and DevOps practices, is strongly preferred.
• Experience delivering production-grade AI/ML systems at scale, building agentic systems or complex LLM-based applications, modernizing large, complex legacy systems and delivering high-quality systems is strongly preferred.
• Strong expertise in healthcare technology ecosystems, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), AI at Scale, full-stack software engineering, and the design of secure, scalable, cloud-native architectures strongly preferred.
• Deep knowledge of cloud infrastructure, identity and access management (IAM), encryption, network security, and cloud security best practices strongly preferred.
• Proven success driving DevSecOps adoption through automation, CI/CD optimization, infrastructure as code (IaC), and secure software delivery practices strongly preferred.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and effectively partner with executive and senior leadership across a matrixed organization strongly preferred.

For candidates working in person or virtually in the below locations, the salary* range for this specific position is: $ 243,012 - 364,518

Location(s): Maryland

In 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.