Agentic AI Engineer

Zelis is hiring an Agentic AI Engineer to design, build, deploy, and transition production-ready agentic AI for complex healthcare financial workflows.

• Collaborate with business leaders and engineers to spot high-value AI opportunities
• Convert complex healthcare financial problems into scalable agentic AI solutions
• Select the right approach for each use case: apply AI when reasoning and ambiguity are required, and use deterministic software, rules, and controls when they improve reliability
• Design, build, and deploy production-ready AI agents and applications
• Develop agent workflows, tool integrations, APIs, data pipelines, and orchestration layers
• Partner with stakeholders through discovery, implementation, launch, and handoff
• Drive improvements in automation, decision support, accuracy, and operational efficiency
• Identify reusable agentic patterns that strengthen the core platform
• Resolve ambiguous problems without an existing playbook
• Validate outcomes, establish guardrails, and transition solutions to long-term owning teams

• ~3–5 years building software or AI products in startups, applied AI, innovation, consulting, or similar fast-moving environments
• Experience taking AI or production software from prototype through launch
• Hands‑on experience with LLMs, agents, RAG, tool use, APIs, or modern AI frameworks
• Ability to partner with internal business stakeholders or customers to understand complex problems, lead technical discussions, and translate needs into practical solutions
• Strong software engineering fundamentals in at least one modern programming language
• Experience deploying cloud-based production systems
• Capacity to evaluate agent behavior, system performance, and appropriate AI guardrails
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and owning work from discovery through handoff
• Strong communication skills with both technical and business stakeholders
• Demonstrated curiosity and hands‑on experimentation with AI through professional work, open source, personal projects, agents, automations, or other technical exploration
• Builder mindset focused on curiosity, experimentation, and ownership
• Preference for impact through what you have built, including experimentation with AI, building agents, and shipping projects

• LLMs
• Agents
• RAG
• APIs
• Modern AI frameworks

• 401k plan with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• Holidays
• Parental leaves
• Life and disability insurance
• Health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage

• Boston, MA (hybrid)
• Zelis is headquartered in the U.S., with multiple locations across the country and in Hyderabad, India
• Employee work locations are based on the needs of the position and determined by Leadership
• In‑office work and activities vary by work and team objectives in accordance with Company policies
• Candidates within approximately 50 miles of a U.S. office are generally preferred for collaboration when needed
• Hybrid approach is flexible, with in‑office presence guided by team and business needs rather than a fixed weekly schedule

USD 163, per year

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