Centene Corporation

Principal AI Governance Scientist – Artificial Intelligence

Centene Corporation

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: FloridaMontanaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $134,600 - $249,000 per year

Job Level

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Leads the technical evaluation and assurance efforts within our AI Governance team
  • Establishes enterprise-grade, decision-relevant methodologies for red teaming, testing, and evaluating AI systems across traditional ML, Generative AI, and Agentic AI applications
  • Develops reproducible frameworks to measure AI value, user impact, and broader outcomes
  • Designs rigorous evaluation methodologies for assessing AI system performance, safety, reliability, and alignment with intended use across the AI lifecycle
  • Develops criteria and benchmarks to determine whether existing evaluations are adequate and sufficient for different AI applications and risk profiles
  • Designs and executes comprehensive red team exercises to identify vulnerabilities, failure modes, and unintended behaviors across diverse AI systems
  • Establishes standards for evaluation coverage, rigor, and documentation across the AI lifecycle
  • Advances the scientific understanding of AI evaluation and safety through white papers and trainings
  • Provides technical leadership and mentorship to scientists, engineers, and compliance professionals while building organizational evaluation capabilities
  • Stays at the forefront of AI safety research and identify novel risks emerging from advanced AI capabilities
  • Translates complex technical findings into actionable recommendations for leadership, governance boards, and cross-functional teams
  • Collaborates with external researchers, institutions, and industry partners to advance evaluation methodology

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or related quantitative field; or equivalent experience required
  • Master's Degree preferred
  • 6+ years AI/ML research, including 3+ years focused on model evaluation, safety, or robustness required
  • 8+ years preferred
  • Deep technical expertise in modern AI systems with hands-on experience evaluating large language models, generative AI, and/or agentic systems required
  • Proven track record designing rigorous evaluation methodologies and publication record required
  • Strong foundation in statistical methods, experimental design, causal inference, and excellent Python programming skills with ML frameworks required
  • Familiarity with Python‑based AI/ML stack using PyTorch and Databricks, with agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI) for single‑ and multi‑agent systems
  • Strong focus on LLM observability, MLOps, and evaluation using LangSmith, MLflow, Weights & Biases, Datadog, OpenTelemetry, and testing frameworks like DeepEval and LangTest
Benefits
  • competitive pay
  • health insurance
  • 401K and stock purchase plans
  • tuition reimbursement
  • paid time off plus holidays
  • a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
AI evaluation methodologiesmodel evaluationsafetyrobustnessstatistical methodsexperimental designcausal inferencePython programminglarge language modelsgenerative AI
Soft Skills
technical leadershipmentorshipcollaborationcommunicationorganizational capabilities