Principal AI Engineer
McKesson Corporation
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This role pays more than 64% of similar roles. Most pay $187,041–$254,343 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $216k versus about $221k for comparable roles.
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CVS Health is a leading American healthcare company operating retail pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management services, and a health insurance segment through Aetna, one of the nation''s largest health insurers. Industry: Healthcare & Pharmacy
CVS Health currently has 129 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $118,450–$260,590 across 124 roles with salary data.
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As a Principal AI Engineer within the Aetna Technology organization, you will set the technical direction for designing, building, and operating enterprise-grade GenAI and agentic AI systems in a regulated healthcare environment. You will architect and deliver production-grade solutions including RAG, vector search, model integration, tool orchestration, and guardrails. Your daily work involves building scalable, cloud-native AI systems using serverless and event-driven architectures, APIs, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code. You will utilize technologies such as AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex AI, Node.js, TypeScript, Java, and Python. Key responsibilities include owning the production AI lifecycle, establishing secure and responsible AI practices for privacy and auditability, and providing technical leadership through design reviews and mentorship to solve complex problems within a highly regulated industry.
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