Lead AI Software Engineer

Humana

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Louisville, KYFort Lauderdale, FLNashville, TNTampa, FLDallas, TX
Salary
$129,300–$177,800 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $206k
This role $154k
$118k most similar roles pay here $237k

This role pays less than 91% of similar roles. Most pay $189,350–$222,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $154k versus about $206k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 32 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $129,300–$177,800 across 32 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead AI Software Engineer

Lead AI Software Engineer will join the engineering team to design, develop, and scale production-grade AI solutions within an enterprise environment. This role involves building end-to-end AI systems, including APIs, microservices, data pipelines, orchestration layers, and evaluation frameworks. The engineer will serve as a technical lead for strategic initiatives, establishing engineering standards while mentoring software engineers and data scientists. Key responsibilities include architecting cloud-native platforms that leverage generative AI, large language models, intelligent document processing, and automated workflows. The candidate must possess expertise in Python or Java, distributed systems, and cloud platforms like GCP, AWS, or Azure. Technical requirements include experience with RAG, vector databases, semantic search, OCR, and MLOps. This role focuses on solving complex engineering challenges by integrating machine learning capabilities into reliable, secure, and scalable production applications.

What you'll do

  • Design and build scalable, secure, cloud-native AI platforms and services using LLMs and intelligent automation.
  • Architect end-to-end solutions including APIs, microservices, data pipelines, and orchestration layers.
  • Lead technical design reviews, code reviews, and planning for strategic AI initiatives.
  • Establish engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices to enable team scaling.
  • Develop production-grade applications that integrate machine learning capabilities into enterprise systems.
  • Implement evaluation, testing, and validation frameworks for AI-powered applications in production.
  • Mentor and provide technical coaching to software engineers and data scientists.
  • Drive responsible AI practices focusing on reliability, security, compliance, and risk management.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
  • Proven experience building and delivering large-scale, production-grade software platforms.
  • Strong backend development expertise with Python, Java, or similar languages.
  • Experience designing distributed systems and cloud-native applications.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives from architecture through deployment in agile environments.
  • Hands-on experience building and deploying AI, machine learning, or generative AI solutions in production (preferred).
  • Knowledge of LLMs, orchestration frameworks, agent-based systems, and model-serving platforms (preferred).
  • Familiarity with RAG, vector databases, and intelligent document processing; background in data engineering or MLOps (preferred).

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