Humana is looking to shape the future of AI-powered healthcare by solving real problems with pragmatic, elegant, and scalable solutions, aiming for measurable improvements in healthcare delivery and member satisfaction.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in Python, including building production services and shared libraries used by others.
- 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.
- Expert-level understanding of FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks, and REST/gRPC service design.
- Strong proficiency with 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.
Responsibilities
- 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 to real business workflows 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.
Other
- 10+ years of professional software or platform engineering experience.
- Demonstrated ability to own large, ambiguous problems and deliver high-value, high-quality solutions.
- Experience shaping engineering culture or influencing architectural direction across teams.
- A track record of pragmatic decision-making, balancing innovation with maintainability and long-term value.
- Occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.
