Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer - Remote

City/State Norfolk, VA Work Shift First (Days) Overview: The AI/ML Engineer designs, builds, and operationalizes production-grade intelligent services that automate document understanding, power semantic/retrieval-enhanced search, enable conversational/agentic experiences, and integrate AI outcomes into core business systems. Working with product managers, data scientists, DevOps, and SMEs, the engineer helps translate use cases into working, scalable AI systems.

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.

Education

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or related technical field. (Preferred)

Certifications

• Microsoft Certified Azure AI Engineer Associate or related (Preferred)

Experience

• 3 years in software or data engineering (Required)

• 1 year applying ML/AI in production - model training, deployment, or integration into applications or equivalent experience—open-source contributions, startup work, intensive bootcamps, or research. (Required)

• Health Insurance experience (Preferred)

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $101,670.40 - $155,750.40 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually. Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000 •Pet Insurance •Legal Resources Plan •Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and 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.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates 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, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.