AI-Native Software Engineer

Elevance Health is hiring an AI-Native Software Engineer to help ship, evaluate, secure, and support real production systems that leverage AI agents and coding assistants across the software development lifecycle. The role is hybrid in Atlanta, GA with required in-office presence and no current or future visa sponsorship.

Location and Work Setup

• Atlanta, GA (hybrid)
• In-office requirement: 3 days per week
• Alternate locations may be considered for candidates who live within a commuting distance from an office
• Candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered unless an accommodation is granted as required by law
• Salary range for this position in California, Colorado, and Minnesota: $112,640 to $176,640 (as applicable)

Compensation

• USD 112,640 - 176,640 per year

Key Responsibilities

• Develop agentic AI engineering technology
• Use AI coding tools as part of daily or weekly development workflows (for example, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex-style agents, or similar)
• Evaluate models and measure quality
• Maintain relationships with internal and/or external stakeholders to develop business requirements
• Analyze and classify complex change requests, then identify and document potential system code enhancements
• Apply knowledge of industry trends, responsible AI practices, data privacy, and secure handling of sensitive information
• Collaborate with engineers and graphic designers while analyzing and classifying complex change requests and reviewing potential enhancements
• Help define application scope and objectives and prepare functional and/or technical specifications
• Analyze and evaluate detailed business and technical requirements
• Understand product and analytics and drive requirements aligned to stakeholder needs
• Identify problems and risks
• Code and maintain complex components of information systems
• Mentor others on coding standards and conduct code reviews
• Review test cases and advise QA on adjacent code and regression impact
• Develop and execute system testing, fix defects found during testing, and re-execute unit tests to confirm results
• Support integration activities with other IT departments for successful implementation and ongoing support
• Provide on-call support, monitoring systems and identifying system deficiencies

Required Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field
• Minimum 3 years of experience on one platform, multi-database, multi-language, or multi-business application
• Any combination of education and experience that provides an equivalent background is acceptable

Technology and Tooling

• GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex-style agents
• Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and AgentCore Runtime, Memory, Identity, Gateway
• Code Interpreter, Browser Tool, Observability, Evaluations, Policy
• Memory, tool/function calling, model routing, guardrails
• RAG
• Secure API/tool access, cloud-native development, APIs, microservices
• CI/CD, automated testing, secure SDLC
• LLM, SLM

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience with healthcare, payer, claims, clinical, HIPAA, PHI, regulated industry, or enterprise security
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including cloud-native development, APIs and microservices, CI/CD, automated testing, and secure SDLC
• Experience building or integrating AI agents and AI capabilities such as tool/function calling, RAG, memory, model routing, evaluations, guardrails, observability, and secure API/tool access
• Experience with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore (AgentCore Runtime, Memory, Identity, Gateway, Code Interpreter, Browser Tool, Observability, Evaluations, and Policy)
• Experience building LLM or SLM applications
• Ability to review, test, and harden AI-generated code
• Production support experience

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution
• 401(k) +match
• Stock purchase plan
• Paid holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Medical, dental, and vision
• Short and long term disability benefits
• Life insurance
• Wellness programs
• Financial education resources
• Merit increases

Visa Sponsorship

This position is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship.

Additional Role Notes

• In patient/member-facing roles, new candidates are required to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza; offers will be rescinded if not vaccinated unless an acceptable explanation is provided, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
• Equal Employment Opportunity: Elevance Health considers all qualified applicants without regard to protected categories.
• Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process should submit the Accessibility Accommodation Request Form.

Government Business Division Entity Notice

If this job is assigned to any Government Business Division entity, the applicant and incumbent fall under a “sensitive position” work designation and may be subject to additional requirements beyond those associates outside Government Business Divisions.

• Requirements may include more stringent and frequent background checks and/or government clearances
• Segregation of duties principles
• Role specific training
• Monitoring of daily job functions
• Sensitive data handling instructions

Resume Submission Policy

• Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies with a signed agreement with Elevance Health.
• Unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed the property of Elevance Health.