Principal Agentic AI Architect
- Location
- New York, NY
- Work type
- Full Time · On-site
- Posted
- 2026-08-30
Job description
Enterprise Architect Forward Deployed Engineering Agentic AI OptumRx CPS Key Responsibilities Impact Own the Agentic AI FDE Delivery Model Embed with CPS product engineering technology data and client-facing teams as a forward-deployed architect translating hospital pharmacy pain points into deployable agentic AI solutions iterating in-context rather than handing off specs Architect Agentic Systems for the CPS Optimizer Platform Design multi-agent and single agent LLM architectures that extend CPS Optimizer's predictive and prescriptive capabilities across drug cost containment 340B optimization, and operational efficiency use cases Deploy Production-Grade GenAI RAG Build enterprise-ready RAG pipelines over regulatory guidance drug pricing/formulary data and client contract terms enabling accurate auditable real time recommendations for pharmacy directors, compliance teams and CPS client success leads Technical Skills Pre-requisites Applied Agentic AI Production RAG Proven experience designing and deploying agentic AI systems and RAG pipelines with vector databases, prompt engineering tuning output evaluation and guardrails for regulated environments Cloud Platform Engineering Deep hands on experience with a major cloud platformers containerization REST API design, and building low latency high throughput micro services AI/ML Platform Integration Experience integrating ML models and predictive/prescriptive analytics into existing production systems alongside data scientists and ML engineers Additional desired attributes340B Program Technology Direct experience with 340B split billing platforms third party administrator TPA) systems, or 340B compliance audit tooling Hospital Pharmacy Information Systems Familiarity with hospital health-system pharmacy IS platforms specialty pharmacy workflows technology Prior UnitedHealth Group Optum Ecosystem Experience Familiarity with OptumRx CPS Optum Insight or broader UHG technology and compliance environments What Success Looks Like Measurable improvements in drug cost containment 340B compliance accuracy or operational efficiency for CPS's 800+ hospital and health system clients An enterprise reference architecture for agentic AI that other CPS and OptumRx teams adopt as the standard. A track record of embedded delivery solutions built alongside client pharmacy compliance and operations stakeholders, not just designed for them