AI Machine Learning Scientist Associate

AI Machine Learning Scientist Associate is responsible for junior level Artificial Intelligence (AI) scientific and statistical methods to assist with product creation, development and improvement.

• Develops and maintains infrastructure systems that connect internal data sets.
• Creates new data collection frameworks for structured and unstructured data.
• Assists in leading enterprise-scale AI initiatives by designing horizontal capabilities such as RAG, evaluations-as-a-service, prompt/version control, guardrails, feature, and vector stores, adopted across business units.
• Develops, analyzes, and models complex operational, clinical, and economic data, while delivering end-to-end ML systems (XGBoost / LightGBM) and LLM systems with clear SLOs.
• Assists in building scalable solutions including cloud lakehouse (Databricks / Spark, SQL), streaming (Kafka/Kinesis), and API-first approaches; oversees serving technologies (vLLM / Triton / KServe / Ray / SageMaker).
• Establishes and manages LLMOps / MLOps processes using tools like MLflow, CI/CD, and IaC, focusing on observability, drift detection, hallucination rates, and maintaining SLOs/SLAs.
• Implements data leadership strategies that include data contracts, quality SLAs, and FHIR-aware design for PHI/PII, with a focus on embedding/vectorization strategies.
• Develops Responsible AI frameworks including fairness/robustness evaluations, red-teaming, and model risk management, ensuring audit readiness (HIPAA, SOC 2, HITRUST).
• Assists other Machine Learning Scientists with development and implementation of machine learning algorithms and data modeling.
• Assists in determining cause and effect relations.

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in a highly quantitative field (Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operational Research, Statistics, Mathematics, etc.) or equivalent degree and 1 or more years of experience; or any combination of education and experience in configuration management, which would provide an equivalent background.

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.