Lead AI Engineer

Humana

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Boston, MA
Salary
$129,300–$177,800 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Nov 4, 2026 (soon)

Market check

Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays less than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $161,875–$235,762 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $154k versus about $199k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About Humana

Humana Inc. is a leading American for-profit health insurance company based in Louisville, Kentucky, specializing in Medicare Advantage plans.

Humana currently has 60 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $129,300–$177,800 across 22 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Lead AI Engineer

The Lead AI Engineer owns the design and delivery of the NBA platform's agentic AI capabilities. In this hands-on engineering role, you will lead a small team of engineers and contractors to build production AI systems that automate decision-making and surface intelligent analysis across user-facing experiences. You will design multi-step agentic pipelines, integrate large language models like Claude and GPT, and develop evaluation frameworks to ensure reliability in a regulated healthcare environment. Key responsibilities include writing production code, managing prompt engineering, and implementing RAG patterns with vector search. You will utilize Python, Anthropic Claude APIs, and AI productivity tools like Copilot. The work focuses on integrating agentic AI into bespoke enterprise software to provide operational insights and automated workflows within a high-compliance business context.

What you'll do

  • Design, build, and own agentic AI workflows that provide intelligent analysis and automation across the platform.
  • Write and ship production-grade Python code for AI systems as a primary individual contributor.
  • Architect multi-step agentic pipelines that integrate with the platform's data layer and activation channels.
  • Integrate large language models into workflows using prompt engineering, tool use, and context management.
  • Build evaluation frameworks to measure AI output quality, reliability, and safety in a regulated environment.
  • Manage AI engineering contractors by setting expectations, reviewing work, and ensuring quality standards.
  • Partner with frontend and product teams to integrate AI-powered recommendations into user-facing interfaces.
  • Model best practices for AI-assisted development tools across the broader engineering organization.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of software or ML engineering experience.
  • 1-2 years of experience focused on LLM integration, agentic AI, or AI product engineering.
  • Hands-on experience building production agentic systems, including multi-step pipelines and tool orchestration.
  • Experience with RAG patterns and vector search in production environments.
  • Strong Python engineering skills for building and shipping production-grade AI systems.
  • Proven ability to lead a small team or pod and manage contractor resources.
  • Deep fluency with AI productivity tools like Claude or Copilot.
  • Experience orchestrating multi-agent systems (preferred).

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