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Elevance Health · 1 day ago

AI Application Architect Senior

Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$132K/yr - $226K/yr

5+ years exp

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities, and they are seeking an AI Application Architect Senior to create architectural solutions for AI platforms. The role involves contributing to enterprise-wide AI architecture strategy, evaluating emerging tools, and mentoring architects and engineers.

Health CareHealth InsurancePersonal HealthWellness

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Contributes to enterprise-wide AI architecture strategy, defining the future state of AI platforms, patterns, and frameworks

Drives hands-on exploration through high-impact POCs/POTs, validating cutting-edge AI frameworks, LLM platforms, orchestration technologies, and scalable retrieval architectures

Contributes to enterprise AI architecture standards, reusable accelerators, and reference implementations to guide engineering adoption

Evaluates emerging AI tools and technologies for applicability and strategic value, providing recommendations for enterprise investment

Architects enterprise-scale RAG, vector indexing, distributed inference, and model-serving architectures

Aligns AI architecture decisions across cross-functional architecture groups (data, cloud, security, app dev)

Mentors architects and engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and hands-on technical exploration

Joins executive-level discussions on the future of AI-enabled systems, technical trajectories, and strategic platform choices

Ensures AI solutions adhere to enterprise standards, governance, risk, and compliance frameworks

Recommends new technologies based upon business value drivers and return on investment; drives new technologies towards implementation and exploitation

Establishes overall systems architecture vision and ensures specific components are appropriately designed and leveraged; contributes to the holistic vision of Enterprise Architecture

Defines architecture standards and anticipate areas where architecture standards may need to be developed that are in-line with customer, IT and industry standards

Directs the construction of architecture components (e.g., data architecture, application architecture, technical architecture)

Qualification

AI architectureLLM systemsML Ops platformsDistributed model executionOrchestration frameworksRAG pipelinesVector indexingLLM lifecycle managementThought leadershipInnovation cultureMentoring

Required

Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 5 years of experience in architecture/design in relevant technology disciplines; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background

Preferred

Expert-level understanding of AI architecture, LLM systems, ML Ops platforms, and distributed model execution highly preferred

Hands-on experience architecting enterprise-scale AI systems and building advanced prototypes highly preferred

Deep experience with orchestration frameworks, RAG pipelines, vector indexing strategies, and LLM lifecycle management highly preferred

Ability to compare and select COTS AI platforms, open-source frameworks, and cloud-native AI services highly preferred

Demonstrated ability to set architectural direction and influence multi-year AI investment highly preferred

Thought leadership in AI adoption, responsible AI, and enterprise AI governance highly preferred

Passion for exploring and validating emerging technologies, research trends, and next-generation architecture approaches highly preferred

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Merit increases

Paid holidays

Paid Time Off

Incentive bonus programs

Medical

Dental

Vision

Short and long term disability benefits

401(k) +match

Stock purchase plan

Life insurance

Wellness programs

Financial education resources

Company

Elevance Health

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Elevance Health is an integrated whole-health approach to help people in health journey and address their full range of needs.

Founded in 1944

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.elevancehealth.com

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