This is a top-of-house individual contributor architecture role: you’re not just “building AI stuff,” you’re setting the enterprise playbook for how CVS applies GenAI safely, scalably, and repeatedly across a very large, messy tech ecosystem.
About CVS Health
CVS Health supports millions of customers through retail, pharmacy, health solutions, and Aetna. This role sits in Innovation & Technology (Digital Engineering & Architecture) and is fully remote in the U.S.
Schedule
- Full-time
- Remote (anywhere in the USA)
- Application window closes: 04/30/2026
What You’ll Do
- Create reference architectures, roadmaps, standards, best practices, and starter-code that teams across CVS can reuse
- Drive buy vs. build decisions and assess cost vs. outcomes
- Define “north star” architectures and then get delivery teams to actually implement them (POCs, starter kits, mentoring)
- Establish reusable AI patterns that reduce cost, improve speed-to-market, and manage risk
- Ensure non-functional requirements are baked in (security, performance, availability, failover, scalability)
- Act as thought leader, mentor, and coach for architects across the enterprise
What You Need
- 15+ years total experience (10+ in architecture)
- 10+ years designing complex solutions + enabling implementation across teams
- Hands-on and broad expertise in applied AI topics like:
- GenAI models + pipelines
- Fine-tuning
- Prompt engineering
- RAG + vector stores
- MCP
- Frameworks like LangChain / LangGraph
- AI agents + modern application architecture
- Deep strength in architecture governance, standards, patterns, and best practices
- Strong influence skills (collaboration, negotiation, coalition-building)
Preferred Qualifications
- Agile / SAFe
- Public cloud expertise
- Master’s/PhD
Benefits
- Pay range: $175,100–$334,750/year + bonus/incentives + equity award target
- Medical plan options
- 401(k) with matching + employee stock purchase plan
- Wellness programs, counseling, financial coaching
- PTO, flexible schedules, family leave, tuition assistance (eligibility-based)
Backbone note: this role is not “data scientist who knows prompts.” It’s “enterprise architect who can ship AI patterns teams will actually adopt.” The resume has to scream platform thinking + governance + reusable reference implementations, not just “I built a chatbot.”
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