CVS Health · 6 hours ago
Distinguished Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$175K/yr - $335K/yr
15+ years expCVS Health is the nation’s leading health solutions company, dedicated to transforming health care for millions of Americans. They are seeking a highly experienced Distinguished Architect specializing in applied AI to drive future technology strategies and architect innovative solutions that ensure simplicity, security, and scalability for the organization.
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Responsibilities
Be part of a team responsible for enabling the technology solutions that meets our business strategy and drives business value
Define and collaborate on the creation of roadmaps, architectures, standards, best practice documents and starter code reference implementations that will accelerate delivery for our technology teams to execute on the future direction of CVS Health including a focus on applied AI
Evaluate market trends, execute buy vs. build decisions and assess cost and the impact on targeted business outcomes
Define future state reference architecture related to the application of AI across the enterprise
Collaborate and consult with technology and business partners to optimize business applications and systems to adopt AI technology in a responsible manner
Spearhead the definition and collaborate on the creation of AI patterns for the enterprise that promote reuse, reduces cost, manages risk, and increases speed to market
Possess a mastery in effectively building and maintaining strong relationships with technology and business partners to establish trust and influence key business outcomes and decisions
Ensure all Non-Functional Requirements (e.g. performance, availability and fail-over, scalability, security, etc.) are properly articulated, and work with all parties to guarantee that the software products that are delivered meet these objectives
Be a thought leader, mentor and coach architects and seek the opportunity to bring in continuous improvements to implement
Strategize and outline long-term architectural plans for a complex technology environment
Qualification
Required
15+ years of relevant work experience (10+ years in architecture)
10+ years of experience architecting / designing complex solutions
10+ years of experience facilitating implementation of north star architectures by delivery teams through mentoring and building POCs, starter code, and other collaborative activities
Recognized technical leader with broad technology knowledge and recognized as an expert in one or more technical subjects related to applied AI
Broad (and hands-on) technology expertise in the following areas: GenAI models, AI pipelines, model fine tuning, prompt engineering, RAG architectures, vector stores, MCP, AI-related frameworks (e.g. Langchain), AI agents (e.g. LangGraph), modern application architecture
Substantial experience with requirements analysis, estimation, systems design, and testing
Expert understanding of architectural methodologies and the development of standards, architectural governance, design patterns and best practices
Excellent collaboration, influencing, negotiation, coaching and coalition-building skills
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
Preferred
Experience developing architecture using agile methodology or SAFe practices
Public cloud expertise
Master's or PhD. degree
Benefits
Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an 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 Chief Executive Officer, CVS Health
Chandra McMahon
SVP & CISO
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