Distinguished Engineer

Elevance Health

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Chicago, ILAtlanta, GATampa, FLMason, OH
Salary
$254,584–$381,876 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
5 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $211k
This role $318k
$131k most similar roles pay here $409k

This role pays more than 90% of similar roles. Most pay $158,200–$263,625 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $318k versus about $211k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Elevance Health

Elevance Health (formerly Anthem, Inc.) is a leading American managed healthcare company and the largest for-profit entity in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, serving approximately 115 million people through health plans and Carelon services.

Elevance Health currently has 14 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $230,560–$381,666 across 6 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Distinguished Engineer

As a Distinguished Engineer, you will lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise workflow experiences to improve how business users, operations teams, and technology teams work across the organization. You will be responsible for architecting scalable, resilient AI solutions using agentic systems, large language models, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures while modernizing legacy systems through automated code transformation and service decomposition. The role involves defining enterprise-wide technical directions, including architecture patterns and integration standards. You will utilize Python, Java, or similar object-oriented languages to build microservices and APIs within a cloud, CI/CD, and DevOps environment. Key focus areas include the ServiceNow platform, front-end engineering, and product engineering to transform fragmented user experiences into streamlined digital products like portals and dashboards while implementing AI-enabled software development lifecycle practices to enhance engineering velocity.

What does a Engineer earn?

Median $185000 from 250 postings across 57 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and develop scalable enterprise workflow experiences using ServiceNow and modern front-end engineering.
  • Architect and deliver resilient AI solutions utilizing LLMs, agentic systems, and event-driven architectures.
  • Define enterprise-wide technical directions including architecture patterns, integration standards, and reusable platform capabilities.
  • Lead the modernization of legacy systems through automated code transformation and service decomposition.
  • Establish governance frameworks and best practices for monitoring and evaluating AI systems.
  • Implement AI-enabled software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices to improve engineering velocity.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship while influencing enterprise-wide technology decisions and AI investments.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 15 years of experience in software engineering.
  • Experience leading, designing, implementing, and operating distributed systems and large-scale architectures.
  • Proficiency in developing solutions using Python, Java, or comparable object-oriented programming languages.
  • Experience designing and implementing APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
  • Experience applying cloud, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
  • Experience with ServiceNow platform capabilities and enterprise workflow platforms (preferred).
  • Experience building user-centered products and advanced AI-enabled systems (preferred).

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