CVS Health · 2 months ago
Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI
Trenton, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$142K/yr - $284K/yr
7+ years expCVS Health is a leading health solutions company focused on transforming health care. The Staff Software Engineer will design, develop, and enhance AI services and applications, collaborating with various teams to implement technology solutions that meet evolving business needs.
Health CareMedicalPharmaceuticalRetailSales
Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of highly scalable, reliable, and secure AI services and applications utilizing AWS Bedrock (including Foundation Models, Knowledge Bases, Agents), the Converse API, AWS SageMaker, AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, and other relevant AWS AI/ML and core services
Architect robust, efficient, and secure AI/ML computing infrastructures and application stacks capable of handling large-scale data processing and inference demands
Design and implement solutions leveraging the AWS Bedrock Converse API for unified interaction with foundation models, incorporating advanced features like tool calling and multimodal input processing (text, image, documents)
Develop and implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns using AWS Bedrock Knowledge Bases, integrating proprietary data from sources like Amazon S3 and leveraging vector databases to enhance model relevance and accuracy
Build comprehensive solutions that effectively integrate Bedrock's managed services with custom components, such as AWS Lambda functions for implementing Bedrock Agent actions or custom data processing logic
Actively research, evaluate, and stay current with the latest advancements, trends, and research in AI/ML, particularly in generative AI, foundation models, large language models (LLMs), and evolving AWS capabilities
Champion and implement responsible AI practices, ensuring fairness, transparency, security, and ethical considerations are integrated throughout the development lifecycle, potentially leveraging tools like AWS Bedrock Guardrails
Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, architects, and software developers, to define technical requirements and create robust and scalable architectures that meet business objectives
Mentorship: Mentor and guide junior engineers, helping them enhance their technical skills and grow professionally through knowledge-sharing activities, technical training, and fostering a culture of learning within the team
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in large scale software development
5+ years of solution design and/or architecture experience, including capturing requirements in a customer-facing capacity
5+ years of experience in designing and developing solutions using NodeJS, highly scalable microservices, REST APIs
3+ years of experience in AWS technology stack and DevOps/CICD processes
3+ years collaborating with engineering teams on prototype development
Experience with AWS Bedrock and AI technologies
Expertise in Python programming for AI/ML development
Bachelor's degree from accredited university or equivalent work experience
Preferred
Excellent collaboration and communication skills required to ideate solutions that are sufficient and feasible to both the business leads and the technical teams
Exceptional organizational, analytical, problem-solving, strategic thinking, and time management abilities
Experience with optimization skills to improve performance, scalability, and usability of our applications
Ability to develop technical briefs and detailed solution designs
Extensive knowledge of engineering processes, structural design, and system optimization
Experience with agile development, SAFe Agile experienced preferred
Direct, hands-on experience architecting and building production solutions specifically using AWS Bedrock, the Converse API, Bedrock Agents, and Bedrock Knowledge Bases
Relevant AWS Certifications are a bonus (e.g., AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, AWS Certified AI Practitioner)
Benefits
Affordable medical plan options
401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
Employee stock purchase plan
No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching
Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility
Company
CVS Health
CVS Health is a health solutions company that provides an integrated healthcare services to its members.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4BKey Investors
Michigan Economic Development CorporationStarboard Value
2025-08-15Post Ipo Debt· $4B
2025-07-17Grant· $1.5M
2019-11-25Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
David Joyner
President and CEO
Chandra McMahon
SVP & CISO
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