<p style="text-align:left"><u><b>City/State</b></u></p>Norfolk, VA<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><u><b>Work Shift</b></u></p>First (Days)<p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Overview:</b></p><div><div><div><div><h1>Sentara is hiring a Senior AI Engineer!</h1><p>This position is fully remote.</p><p></p><p><b>Work Location:</b></p><p><b>Remote opportunities available in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington (state), West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming</b></p><p></p><h2><u>Overview</u></h2><p><span><span>The Senior AI Engineer drives end-to-end delivery of production AI platforms—leading solution architecture, orchestrating model pipelines, designing multi-agent workflows, and creating reusable SDKs and frameworks. They work across product, engineering, security, and governance teams to ensure AI systems are scalable, observable, cost-efficient, and compliant. Senior Engineers </span><span>are responsible for</span><span> defining design patterns, </span><span>optimizing</span><span> operational pipelines, and enabling internal reuse of proven solutions.</span></span><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span><span>As an AI Engineer, you will own the full lifecycle from architecting secure, compliant solutions to deploying and scaling them in production. You will work with Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, multi-agent orchestration, and API integrations for EHR, CRM, and member portals all while solving complex problems, ensure HIPAA compliance and Responsible AI practices. </span></span><span> </span></p></div><div><p><span> </span></p></div><div><p></p></div><div><h2><u><span>Education</span></u><span> </span></h2></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Computer Engineering, <span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">Mathematics/Statistics,</span> or related field or equivalent practical experience delivering production AI/ML systems.</span></span><span> <span>(Preferred) </span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Master’s or equivalent experience (Preferred)</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><p><span> </span></p></div><div><h2><u><span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">Certification/Licensure</span></span></u><span> </span></h2></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer, Azure Solutions Architect, or ML specialty credentials (Preferred) </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><p><span> </span></p></div></div><div><div><h2><u><span>Experience</span></u><span> </span></h2></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>5 years in production-grade AI/ML </span><span>(Required) </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>3</span><span> years</span><span> </span></span><span><span>building and operating production AI/ML systems</span><span> - </span><span>training, deployment, monitoring</span><span> (Required)</span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul></div><div><ul><li><p><span><span>O</span><span>ne</span><span> year</span><span> </span><span>GenAI</span><span>/LLM or RAG solution delivered to production</span><span> or e</span><span>quivalent experience open-source contributions,</span><span> or</span><span> startups</span><span>. (Required) </span></span><span> </span></p></li></ul><p></p><p>We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay rate for full-time employment is: $106,080 - $176,820.80. Additional compensation may be available for this role such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.</p></div></div></div></div><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><div><div><b>Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career</b></div><div><b>• </b><span>Medical, Dental, Vision plans</span></div><div><span>• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000</span></div><div><span>• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave</span></div><div><span>• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave </span></div><div><span>• Emergency Backup Care</span></div><div><span>• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans</span></div><div><span>• Life Insurance</span></div><div><span>• 401k/403B with Employer Match</span></div><div><span>• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education</span></div><div><span>• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000</span></div><div><span>• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development</span></div><div><span>•Pet Insurance <br>•Legal Resources Plan<br>•Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.</span></div><div></div></div><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b>Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer</b> and <span>prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.</span></p><p style="text-align:left"><br>In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><p style="text-align:left"><b><span>For positions that are available as remote work,</span></b><span> </span><b>Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:</b></p><p style="text-align:left"><span>Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.</span></p>
