Staff AI Engineer

Cardinal Health

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Work type
On-site
Location
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Salary
$96,300–$151,360 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
5 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $124k
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This role pays less than 98% of similar roles. Most pay $185,375–$255,250 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $124k versus about $220k for comparable roles.

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About Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health is a global healthcare services and products company specializing in pharmaceutical distribution, medical products, and supply chain solutions for healthcare providers and pharmacies. Industry: Healthcare Distribution & Services

Cardinal Health currently has 57 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $105,100–$165,110 across 27 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff AI Engineer

Staff AI Engineer joins the AI & Innovation team to design and deliver scalable, production-ready AI solutions for healthcare and life sciences. This role focuses on building and deploying Generative AI-powered applications that support pharmacy services, patient services, and internal clinical-adjacent workflows. You will develop multi-step, agentic workflows for reasoning and task execution while integrating AI capabilities into case management and analytics systems. Key responsibilities include prototyping solutions using Retrieval-Augmented Generation, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning. You will utilize Python, Java, .Net, or C# alongside frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, and LlamaIndex. Technical requirements include experience with vector databases, LLM APIs, and cloud-native tooling on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. The work involves solving complex problems in regulated environments requiring HIPAA compliance and responsible AI practices.

What does a AI Engineer earn?

Median $211200 from 124 postings across 35 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, prototype, and deploy Generative AI applications using RAG, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning.
  • Build and maintain Python-based APIs and software components to support scalable, production-grade AI services.
  • Develop multi-step, agentic workflows for reasoning and task orchestration using LangChain, LangGraph, or LlamaIndex.
  • Integrate AI capabilities into healthcare workflows including case management, program operations, and internal knowledge systems.
  • Deploy, monitor, and optimize GenAI models and pipelines using cloud-native tooling and MLOps best practices.
  • Contribute to the AI platform and reference architecture across Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform environments.
  • Ensure all AI solutions meet security, privacy, and compliance requirements such as HIPAA and responsible AI principles.
  • Evaluate vendor solution architectures, APIs, and data flows to provide recommendations for integration and implementation.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related technical field (preferred).
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience (preferred).
  • Strong proficiency in Python and any one programming language such as Java, .Net, or C# (preferred).
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience building GenAI or LLM-based applications in real-world or enterprise environments.
  • Experience designing and implementing agentic or multi-step AI workflows using orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph.
  • Strong understanding of retrieval pipelines, embeddings, vector databases, prompt engineering, and LLM APIs.
  • Experience deploying AI solutions in cloud environments such as Azure and/or GCP.
  • Experience working in healthcare, life sciences, pharmacy services, or regulated industries (preferred).

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