Lead AI Software Engineer
Humana - Louisville, KY
Hiring: Lead AI Software Engineer Company: Humana Location: Louisville, KY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 11:43:20 Employment Type: Full-time / Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Agile, Azure, Data Pipeline, Event-Driven, GCP, Java, LLM, MLOps, Machine Learning, Medicaid, Medicare, Microservices, Python, RAG, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management About the job Experience: •8+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership. Required Skills: •Technical Leadership & Architecture •Serve as the technical lead for strategic AI initiatives, driving architecture, design decisions, and engineering excellence. •Design and build scalable, secure, cloud-native AI platforms and services. •Architect solutions leveraging generative AI, large language models, intelligent document processing, and data-driven applications. •Lead design reviews, code reviews, and technical planning efforts. •Establish engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices that enable teams to deliver at scale. •Provide technical guidance across the full software development lifecycle. •AI Solution Development Qualifications: •Use your skills to make an impact •Proven experience building and delivering large-scale, production-grade software platforms. •Strong backend development expertise with Python, Java, or similar languages. •Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives from architecture through deployment. •Hands-on experience building and deploying AI, machine learning, or generative AI solutions in production. •Knowledge of AI orchestration frameworks, agent-based systems, and model-serving platforms. •Operational familiarity with RAG, embeddings, vector databases, semantic search, OCR, and intelligent document processing. •Background in data engineering, data science, or MLOps. Compensation: •$129,300 - $177,800 / 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!