United States onlyAbout the role
The Cigna Group is a global health service company that uses technology and data to improve how people access and experience care. The Software Engineering Senior Advisor is a hands-on technical leader who designs and steers AI, machine learning operations (MLOps), and data engineering solutions at scale, while partnering closely with business, product, and technology stakeholders to align delivery with strategy, risk, and value.
This is a full-time position for someone who can both build and lead: you contribute to architecture and implementation, and you influence roadmaps, explain tradeoffs, and drive outcomes across teams that may not share the same technical vocabulary.
What you will do
AI & machine learning engineering
Design and review end-to-end AI/ML solutions: model lifecycle, feature patterns, serving patterns, and integration with business applications.
Partner with data science and product teams to turn prototypes into production systems with clear ownership, monitoring, and maintenance paths.
Stay current on responsible AI considerations relevant to healthcare and regulated data (e.g., explain ability, bias awareness, data governance handoffs).
MLOps
Define and implement MLOps practices: CI/CD for models, registries, deployment strategies, A/B or shadow deployments where appropriate, and rollback.
Ensure observability for models and pipelines: performance drift, data quality, latency, and business-aligned KPIs.
Work with security and platform teams on infrastructure, access patterns, and compliance in ML workflows.
Data Engineering
Lead design of reliable, scalable data pipelines and platforms that feed training, batch scoring, and real-time inference.
Promote data quality, lineage, and contract thinking so ML and analytics consumers trust what they build on.
Balance build vs. buy (cloud services, feature stores, orchestration) with total cost, maintainability, and team skills.
Stakeholder Management (core expectation)
Translate between business goals and technical options: scope, phasing, risk, and “good enough for now” vs. “must be right first.”
Facilitate planning with product owners, legal/compliance, architecture, and operations; document decisions and follow through.
Mentor engineers and data practitioners; represent the engineering viewpoint in cross-functional forums without losing sight of delivery.
Qualifications
Education & experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
Typically 8+ years of software/data engineering experience, including substantial work in at least two of: ML/AI systems, MLOps, or data engineering at scale.
Demonstrated experience leading without direct authority: influencing architecture, roadmaps, and multiple teams.
Technical skills
Strong proficiency in Python and/or other languages common in data/ML stacks (e.g., Scala, Java) as used in the target environment.
Cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and experience with containerization, orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, Airflow, similar), and CI/CD.
Data: SQL, batch/streaming patterns, and familiarity with data lakes/warehouses and ELT/ETL.
ML lifecycle: model packaging, serving (batch and/or online), experiment tracking, and production monitoring.
Stakeholder & Communication
Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to run workshops, design reviews, and executive-ready summaries of options and tradeoffs.
Track record of stakeholder alignment on complex, cross-team initiatives in regulated or enterprise environments (healthcare/insurance a plus).
Nice to Have
Experience in healthcare, insurance, or other highly regulated industries.
Familiarity with HIPAA-aligned practices and enterprise security in data/ML.
Hands-on with LLM/GenAI patterns, guardrails, and evaluation in production settings (as applicable to the team’s strategy).
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 130,200 - 217,000 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.
This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.
At The Cigna Group, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, click here.
About The Cigna Group
Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
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