Software Engineering Senior Advisor - Hybrid at Cigna in St. Louis, MO

Software Engineering Senior Advisor - Hybrid Location: Morris Plains, NJ Bring your technical leadership and passion for modern engineering to a role where your work directly improves how critical data and reporting platforms perform at scale. As a Senior Software Engineering Advisor, you will guide the evolution of enterprise reporting systems, modernize data platforms, and integrate AI-enabled capabilities that increase reliability, speed, and developer productivity. You will lead through influence and expertise, partnering closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders. Responsibilities Lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise reporting platforms, ETL pipelines, and data transformation solutions to deliver accurate, timely, and scalable outcomes. Drive platform modernization initiatives, including migration from legacy environments to cloud-based solutions such as Databricks and Snowflake. Integrate AI-enabled capabilities, including Python-based services and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and vector search solutions, to improve reliability, automation, and issue resolution. Provide architectural leadership for high-volume data processing and reporting systems, ensuring solutions are resilient, observable, and efficient. Champion modern engineering practices, including Agile delivery, DevOps automation, and continuous improvement, to elevate quality and developer experience. Partner with product, reporting, analytics, and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into clear, actionable engineering solutions. Guide production support, incident triage, and root-cause analysis to strengthen operational stability and data trust. Ensure adherence to enterprise engineering standards, security policies, and data governance requirements. Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences, providing transparency on progress, risks, and outcomes. Required Qualifications Minimum of 10 years of experience in enterprise software or data engineering roles supporting large-scale, client-facing platforms. Strong expertise in SQL, ETL frameworks, data modeling, and cloud-based data pipelines. Hands-on experience with platforms such as AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, Teradata, or enterprise BI and reporting tools. Proven ability to support production systems, optimize performance, and improve reliability. Experience working in Agile environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Healthcare industry experience is required; PBM or PBS experience is strongly preferred. Strong communication and partnership skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority. Preferred Qualifications Experience building or supporting AI/ML solutions using Python. Familiarity with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures and vector search technologies. Experience supporting mainframe or batch processing environments. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred, or equivalent practical experience. If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload. For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 130,200 - 217,000 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location. This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan. At The Cigna Group, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k), company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, click here. About The Cigna Group Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws. If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the online application process, please email seeyourself@thecignagroup.com for assistance.  Please note that this email inbox is dedicated to accommodation requests only and cannot provide application updates or accept resumes. The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances. Additional Locations: Bloomington, MN, Austin, TX, Walnut Creek, CA, St. Louis, MO