Principal Data Scientist - AI, CVS Health

CVS Health

Location:
United States, Work At Home

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

144200.00 - 288400.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care. The Specialty Pharmacy AI team is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Principal Data Scientist to play a role in designing and executing AI solutions, with a particular focus on Generative AI.

Job Responsibility:

Play a role in designing and executing AI solutions, with a particular focus on Generative AI
Serve as the technical lead for a portfolio of 3 to 5 AI projects
Work in collaboration with a small team of talented data scientists to execute these projects
Support the full project lifecycle from a data science perspective, including problem identification and value estimation, building proofs of concept, scaling to production, and post-launch monitoring

Requirements:

7+ years of relevant analytics experience
Significant experience using Python and SQL in data science roles
Familiarity with GenAI trends and technologies including major LLM provider APIs (OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, etc.) as well as archetypal GenAI solutions (RAG, co-pilots, document summarization, etc.)
Passion for exploring capabilities of new AI tools and incorporating them into team’s workflow

Nice to have:

Demonstrates strong ability to communicate technical concepts and implications to business partners, including experience with problem identification and business value sizing
Experience in AI model refinement and orchestration, including prompt engineering, model fine-tuning, embedding optimization / semantic search, and agent orchestration
Experience in model evaluation (incorporating both human and automated feedback), including model safety evaluation and guardrail design
Demonstrates proficiency in most areas of mathematical analysis methods, including predictive analytics, natural language processing, reinforcement learning and causal inference with in-depth specialization in some areas
Experience working with healthcare data, including claims data, provider data, and / or clinical data
Experience mentoring junior data scientists and maintaining high technical quality standards for team
Experience with Vertex AI and Google Cloud Platform is a plus, but comparable experience on other platforms is also valuable

What we offer:

Affordable medical plan options
401(k) plan (including matching company contributions)
Employee stock purchase plan
No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching
Paid time off
Flexible work schedules
Family leave
Dependent care resources
Colleague assistance programs
Tuition assistance
Retiree medical access

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
August 12, 2025

Expiration:
September 28, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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