Aetna

Aetna

Senior Manager- Software Development Engineering-AI

Work at Home, Texas, United States · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$107k-$284kDetected 70 days ago
Full-Stack DevelopmentAWSGCPAzureCI/CDPlatform EngineeringAPI DevelopmentOAuthMachine LearningLLMsRAGAgentic AIMLOpsCybersecurityComplianceAgileHIPAALeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • AI LaunchPad is CVS Health's centralized AI infrastructure and enablement platform for the HCD Business Unit.
  • The Senior Manager of AI LaunchPad is a hybrid technical leader and engineering manager responsible for driving the strategy, architecture, and delivery of CVS Health's HCD AI platform.
  • This role requires both deep technical credibility - you can engage in architecture reviews and make sound engineering decisions - and the organizational influence to align cross-functional teams around a shared AI vision.

Responsibilities

  • We deliver LLM access, observability, and the engineering foundation needed to build and scale production AI agents across the enterprise.
  • You will lead a team of AI and software engineers, define the platform roadmap, and partner with product, data, security, and business leaders to accelerate enterprise-wide AI adoption.
  • Own the AI LaunchPad product and engineering roadmap - balancing immediate delivery commitments with long-term platform scalability.
  • Define engineering standards and best practices that teams across HCD can adopt to accelerate their own AI initiatives.
  • Partner with HCD product, data, compliance, security, and business unit leaders to align the AI LaunchPad roadmap with enterprise priorities.
  • Drive end-to-end delivery of platform features - from design to production - using Agile/SAFe practices.
  • Make informed build-vs-buy decisions and ensure the platform remains cost-efficient and technically current as the AI landscape evolves.
  • Partner with InfoSec and Legal to embed privacy-by-design and responsible AI principles into the platform foundation.
  • As the platform grows, we need a Senior Manager who can simultaneously lead engineering execution, shape the technical roadmap, and influence stakeholders across HCD and the broader CVS organization.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience architecting and delivering large-scale, enterprise AI/ML or data platforms - ideally serving thousands of users or multiple business units.

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience with Generative AI and LLM systems: agentic frameworks, RAG, LLM evaluation, prompt engineering, or model fine-tuning.
  • Experience with SAFe Agile methodology in large enterprise organizations.
  • Advanced degree (M.S. or MBA) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Our people fuel our future.
  • Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful.

Skills

  • Provide architectural oversight for agentic AI systems, RAG pipelines, LLM evaluation frameworks, and MLOps infrastructure.
  • Vendor & Cloud Strategy.

Compensation

  • $106,605.00 - $284,280.00 This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.
  • The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.
  • This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
  • Great benefits for great people We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

Benefits

  • We're building a world of health around every individual - shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience.
  • At CVS Health®, you'll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do.
  • Join us and be part of something bigger - helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.
  • Position Summary AI LaunchPad is CVS Health's centralized AI infrastructure and enablement platform for the HCD Business Unit.
  • Define clear roles, set performance goals, conduct regular 1:1s, and foster a culture of technical excellence, psychological safety, and continuous learning.

Company info

  • our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people.
  • They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.

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