Hiring: Director, AI Engineering Company: Humana Location: Louisville, KY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 11:43:20 Employment Type: Full-time / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Azure, CI/CD, Design System, Enterprise Architecture, Fine-tuning, GCP, LLM, Machine Learning, Medicaid, Medicare, PyTorch, Python, Systems Design, TensorFlow About the job Experience: •10+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, with at least 5 years in a leadership role. •At least 5 years in a leadership role. Required Skills: •Lead and grow a team of AI engineers building foundational services, frameworks, and tools for agentic AI applications—enabling consistent, scalable, and cost-effective development across the organization Qualifications: •Stay current with industry trends in generative AI (e.g., foundation models, evaluation techniques, retrieval-augmented generation, fine-tuning approaches, and open-source tooling) and help the team apply them effectively •Drive cross-functional alignment with enterprise architecture, security, data engineering, DevOps, and application leads to ensure the generative AI platform is well-integrated and aligned with broader enterprise goals •Mentor and coach AI engineers, helping them grow their technical skills and career paths while fostering a culture of experimentation, humility, and excellence •Ensure strong engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and incident response for all services owned by the team •Define and drive strategic plans, goals, and team performance based on company-wide agentic AI initiatives, balancing near-term needs with long-term platform investments •Lead collaboration with application teams to understand their needs and design systems which solve complex challenges with reusable components on the agentic AI platform (e.g., LLM orchestration frameworks, experiment tracking, evaluation pipelines, model proxy/gateways, observability, etc.) •Interface directly with broad guidelines and technical knowledge to solve highly complex problems with long-term impacts •Use your skills to make an impact •Advanced degree (Ph.D. or Master’s) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Compensation: •$189,400 - $260,500 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!