The AI Center of Excellence Innovation team is seeking a Software Engineering Advisor to design build and scale reusable AI-enabled software solutions across Evernorth and the enterprise.
This role is suited for an early to midcareer engineer with strong full stack fundamentals and hands-on experience with modern AI technologies including generative AI and knowledge graphbased systems. The Software Engineering Advisor will partner with senior engineers architects data scientists and business stakeholders to deliver production-ready solutions while continuing to build technical and architectural depth.
Contribute to the delivery of high-quality reusable AI-first software that supports strategic initiatives across U.S. and global teams. This role focuses on application and service developmentnot traditional data engineering or reporting.
Full stack development of AI-powered applications and services
LLM-based workflows tools and agents
Knowledge graph integration and semantic retrieval
Cloud-native development and containerization
Reusable components and reference implementations
AWS
Docker and Podman
Python (FastAPI Pydantic Pydantic-AI LangChain)
Neo4j and graph technologies
Commercial and open-source LLMs
LangSmith and observability tooling
Git-based CI/CD pipelines
Deliver maintainable well-structured code with senior guidance
Participate in sprint planning design reviews and code reviews
Contribute to architecture and implementation improvements
Balance experimentation with reliability and quality
Design and build backend services and APIs for AI applications
Contribute to full stack features and service orchestration
Develop and integrate LLM-based workflows and agents
Support pilots and proofs of concept through production
Translate requirements into technical solutions
Support deployments triage issues and automate testing
Apply best practices for quality reliability and reuse
Build cloud-ready well-architected applications
Take ownership of deliverables
Continuously improve code quality and developer experience
Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical partners
Actively participate in agile ceremonies
Raise questions and risks early
Collaborate across teams and experience levels
Early to midcareer software engineering experience
Strong Python and API development skills
Hands-on experience with generative AI or AI-enabled systems
Familiarity with knowledge graphs or graph modeling
Cloud-native development experience (AWS preferred)
Experience with containers (Docker or Podman)
Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals
Git and agile development experience
Experience in AI innovation or platform teams
Exposure to multiple LLM providers or evaluation frameworks
Observability and monitoring experience
Contributions to shared libraries or accelerators
Open-source interest or contributions
Growth-oriented and eager to learn in an AI-first environment
Comfortable with ambiguity
Focused on solving real business problems
Receptive to feedback and continuous improvement
Collaborative and accountable
This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.
At The Cigna Group youll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment youll 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 were 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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The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Iowa Kansas Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Nebraska Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Utah Vermont and Washington State.
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Cigna Healthcare offers health insurance plans such as medical and dental to individuals and employers, international health insurance, and Medicare coverage.