Artificial Intelligence Engineering, Director; Remote

Company Overview

Acentra Health exists to empower better health outcomes through technology, services, and clinical expertise. Our mission is to innovate health solutions that deliver maximum value and impact.

Lead the Way is our rallying cry at Acentra Health. Think of it as an open invitation to embrace the mission of the company; to actively engage in problem‑solving; and to take ownership of your work every day. Acentra Health offers you unparalleled opportunities. In fact, you have all you need to take charge of your career and accelerate better outcomes - making this a great time to join our team of passionate individuals dedicated to being a vital partner for health solutions in the public sector.

Acentra Health is looking for an Artificial Intelligence Engineering, Director to join our growing team.

Job Summary: Acentra Health's AI & Automation CoE is the enterprise hub for AI innovation and enablement. Our mandate is to prove value with production‑grade applications and then transfer successful solutions to business lines for scale. We run a L0–L5 stage‑gate, emphasize reusable platforms and components, and partner closely with Product, Transformation, and Operations teams to deliver healthcare‑grade quality and measurable business impact.

You will grow and lead a high‑leverage engineering program that builds promising pilot applications that will become reliable, secure, and scalable AI‑enabled products. You'll set technical standards, mature our platform, deliver reusable components, and coach a growing team while partnering with product development, business lines, and our shared services teams.

* Remote within the United States

• Lead the team:
  Hire, mentor, and develop engineers; establish a culture of craftsmanship, velocity, and accountability.
• Own the architecture:
  Define reference architectures for evolving RAG and Agentic AI solutions; ensure security, privacy, and observability are first‑class.
• Platformize & reuse:
  Build shared libraries, templates, and evaluation / guardrail tooling; drive adoption across initiatives.
• Delivery excellence:
  Improve L1–L4 throughput, survivability, and quality; partner with the AI Portfolio Manager on sequencing and resourcing.
• Operational readiness:
  Align with established service levels, incident management, and cost/performance optimization practices.
• Cross‑org partnership:
  Collaborate with the AI Council, Architectural Review Board, Compliance, and business‑line product and operations teams for safe, scalable rollouts.
• Read, understand, and adhere to all corporate policies including policies related to HIPAA and its Privacy and Security Rules.

The list of accountabilities is not intended to be all‑inclusive and may be expanded to include other education‑and‑experience‑related duties that management may deem necessary from time to time.

Required Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
• 7+ years' experience in software engineering
• 3+ years' experience leading AI/ML production teams
• 3+ years' experience with people management
• Deep expertise in cloud (AWS, Azure), APIs/microservices, data pipelines
• Deep expertise with GenAI / LLM application development (RAG, agents, summarization).
• Track record building platforms with reusable components with strong observability, testing, and cost governance.
• Excellent people leadership, vendor and partner management, and executive communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
• Healthcare experience.
• Knowledge of healthcare data standards (FHIR) and compliance (HIPAA).

We are a team of experienced and caring leaders, clinicians, pioneering technologists, and industry professionals who come together to redefine expectations for the healthcare industry. State and federal healthcare agencies, providers, and employers turn to us as their vital partner to ensure better healthcare and improve health outcomes.

We do this through our people.

You will have meaningful work that genuinely improves people's lives across the country. We are a company that cares about our employees, and…