Principal Software Engineer, Intelligent Quality Solutions

Humana

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$156,600–$215,400 / yr
Posted
10 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Oct 30, 2026

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Competitive pay

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $202k
This role $186k
$129k most similar roles pay here $270k

This role pays less than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $174,600–$228,400 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $186k versus about $202k 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 20 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $129,300–$177,800 across 20 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer, Intelligent Quality Solutions

Principal Software Engineer, Intelligent Quality Solutions joins the Enterprise Quality Engineering organization to build an AI-native quality engineering ecosystem. This senior individual contributor role focuses on developing intelligent applications, AI-enabled services, APIs, and reusable frameworks that form the foundation of the Enterprise Quality Intelligence Platform. The successful candidate will engineer autonomous agents to improve software testing and engineering productivity while integrating advanced capabilities into development workflows. Key technical requirements include experience with large language models, generative AI, agentic AI, machine learning, and modern orchestration frameworks. Candidates should possess expertise in cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, and secure software development. The role involves solving complex challenges by leveraging tools like Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, or Google Gemini, while utilizing retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, and semantic search to transform how software is designed, tested, released, and improved across the enterprise.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $204500 from 415 postings across 57 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Develop AI-powered software solutions, services, and APIs for the Enterprise Quality Engineering platform.
  • Build reusable frameworks and autonomous agents to improve software testing and engineering productivity.
  • Create scalable, secure, and production-ready enterprise software systems.
  • Integrate advanced AI capabilities into existing software development and quality engineering processes.
  • Evaluate emerging AI technologies and prototype solutions to solve complex technical challenges.
  • Provide technical leadership, architecture guidance, and mentorship across various engineering projects.
  • Establish best practices for AI development, governance, security, and observability.
  • Shape the long-term strategy for AI and quality engineering within the organization.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 12 or more years of experience designing and building enterprise software applications, services, or platforms.
  • Hands-on experience designing, developing, deploying, and supporting AI-powered software applications in production environments.
  • Experience building applications using large language models, generative AI, agentic AI, machine learning, or modern AI orchestration frameworks.
  • Expertise in cloud-native architectures, APIs, distributed systems, modern design patterns, and secure software development.
  • Experience building scalable enterprise platforms or reusable enterprise capabilities.
  • Proficiency in DevOps, CI/CD, observability, engineering governance, and software lifecycle management.
  • Strong communication skills to influence technical direction and communicate with both technical and executive stakeholders.

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