Principal AI Engineer

Humana

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Washington, DC · Dallas, TX · Louisville, KY · New York City, NY · Chicago, IL Posted 9 days ago $206,600–$284,300 / year
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TL;DR

The AI Engineering Principal at Humana's Simplification Center of Excellence will serve as a senior technical leader, driving the architecture and technology strategy for enterprise-scale simplification capabilities. This role involves partnering with senior executives to design secure, scalable solutions that enhance workflow understanding and service improvements across the organization. The principal engineer will translate complex business needs into clear technical roadmaps, establish engineering standards, and guide platform decisions while mentoring teams. Key responsibilities include advising on service simplification, defining system architecture, collaborating with cross-functional teams, conducting code reviews, and fostering best practices. Required skills encompass full-stack expertise (React, TypeScript, .NET/Java, Python), cloud architecture (Azure/GCP, Kubernetes, Postgres), AI architecture, test-driven development, and systems thinking. This role demands 10+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on leadership and collaboration in cross-functional teams.

Skills

React TypeScript .NET Java Python Azure GCP Kubernetes Postgres LLMs VectorDBs CI/CD DevOps ETL Docker Terraform

What you'll do

  • Define and maintain system architecture and technology stack for enterprise-scale solutions.
  • Translate complex business needs into clear technical roadmaps and design patterns.
  • Mentor engineers, enforce best practices, and guide platform and integration decisions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prototype, test, and harden new approaches.
  • Advise senior leaders on technical strategy alignment with enterprise priorities.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3 years in architecture/lead roles.
  • Proven ability to work across product, engineering, operations, and delivery teams for alignment.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills in cross-functional teams.
  • Full-stack expertise including React, TypeScript, .NET/Java, Python, and cloud architecture (Azure/GCP).
  • Experience with AI architecture components such as LLMs, vector databases, embeddings, prompting, and agents.
  • Test-driven development experience across unit, functional, integration, and UI testing.

Market check

Salary context

This $206,600–$284,300 range sits above 68% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$172,850–$257,850

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$162,000–$246,150

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

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 11 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $170,800–$234,800 across 11 roles with salary data.

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