[Hiring] Lead Software Engineer @Humana

Role Description

The Lead Software Engineer codes software applications based on business requirements. The Lead Software Engineer works on problems of diverse scope and complexity ranging from moderate to substantial.

As a key member of the Agile delivery organization, the Lead Engineer is responsible for providing technical leadership, engineering direction, and delivery oversight for enterprise pharmacy applications and platforms. This role leads the design, development, enhancement, and support of business-critical systems while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, security, operational, and quality standards.

Working across Product, Business, Operations, Architecture, SRE, Infrastructure, and Vendor teams, the Lead Engineer drives the successful delivery of projects, enhancements, operational improvements, and production support activities. The role focuses on ensuring application stability, resiliency, performance, and operational excellence while mentoring engineering teams and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Success in this role requires strong technical leadership, hands-on engineering expertise, problem-solving skills, operational excellence, and the ability to deliver measurable business outcomes in a complex enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience within complex enterprise technology environments.
• 3+ years of technical leadership experience leading engineering teams and strategic initiatives.
• Strong expertise in application development, system integration, enterprise architecture, and software engineering practices.
• Experience leading large-scale enterprise projects, platform enhancements, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Experience supporting mission-critical production applications and high-volume transaction processing systems.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), Agile delivery methodologies, and DevOps practices.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across business, operational, architecture, engineering, infrastructure, and vendor organizations.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills with a focus on reliability and operational excellence.
• Knowledge of healthcare, pharmacy operations, or regulated industries preferred.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading engineering teams in the delivery and support of complex enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, APIs, integration patterns, messaging platforms, and distributed systems.
• Experience supporting production environments, incident management processes, and operational service delivery.
• Demonstrated expertise in performance tuning, system optimization, resiliency, and fault-tolerant application design.
• Hands-on experience with Agile delivery practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release management processes.
• Experience collaborating with Product, Architecture, Security, Operations, Infrastructure, and Vendor teams to deliver business outcomes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills within high-volume, transaction-oriented environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage technical dependencies, resolve complex production issues, and drive execution across multiple initiatives.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, mentoring, and leadership skills.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and make strategic technical decisions on complex business and technology challenges with minimal supervision.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave).
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Life insurance.
• Many other opportunities.

Company Description

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it.

These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.