• This position reports into the AI platform team, ensuring close alignment with platform strategy and delivery
• It is for someone who wants autonomy, influence, and the responsibility of setting a high bar for engineering excellence
• Lead the design and build of advanced generative AI systems,spanning LLM-powered applications, multi-agent workflows, RAG, and domain-specific reasoning engines
• Architect and own robust APIs and platform capabilities that bring AI toreal businessworkflows at enterprise scale
• Drive the engineering of high-quality data,feature, and evaluation pipelines that support reliable and continuously improving AI behavior
• Partner with data scientists, platform engineers, and product leaders to transform conceptual ideas into resilient, testable, observable production systems
• Set engineering standards and elevate team culture, emphasizing clarity, craftsmanship, iteration, and objective measures of excellence
• Mentor other engineers and guide teams through complex technical decision-making
• Serve as a thought leader on the practical application of generative AI technologies, emerging patterns, and their fit within our ecosystem
• Champion observability, measurement, and operational excellence, ensuring deployed systems are trustworthy, maintainable, andhigh-performing
• Stay at the forefront of AI/ML advancements and help the organization understand the right time,and the right way, to adoptnew technologies
• The successful candidate will help drive key business outcomes, including measurable improvements in healthcare delivery and member satisfaction
• Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information
• Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required

Scheduled Weekly Hours

• Bachelor’s orMaster’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field
• 10+ years of professional software or platform engineering experience
• Deepexpertisein Python, including building production services and shared libraries used by others
• Expert-level understanding ofFastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks, and REST/gRPCservice design
• Strongproficiencywith cloud-native development on AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Minimum 5 years of containerization and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Production experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control, and modern DevOps practices
• Demonstrated ability to own large, ambiguous problems and deliver high-value, high-quality solutions
• To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria:
• At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested

Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership

• Hands-on experience with modern AI systems, including LLM integration, RAG, embeddings, and applied generative AI patterns

Strong background in machine learning engineering, including model deployment, monitoring, evaluation, and lifecycle management

• Employees who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense
• The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting

The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc $172,200 - $236,900 per year

• This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan
• This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance
• Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being
• Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work

Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities