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This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on designing, developing, and scaling production-grade AI solutions that deliver real business impact.You will work closely with engineers, data scientists, product leaders, and architects to turn innovative ideas into real-world applications using modern AI technologies, including large language models (LLMs), intelligent automation, and cloud-native architectures. If you're passionate about building, mentoring, and solving complex engineering challenges, this is an opportunity to help shape the future of Applied AI.\nWhile this role provides mentorship and technical leadership to a talented group of engineers and data scientists, it remains strongly anchored in design, development, and execution within a fast-moving, enterprise-scale environment.\nResponsibilities\nTechnical Leadership & Architecture\nServe as the technical lead for strategic AI initiatives, driving architecture, design decisions, and engineering excellence.\nDesign and build scalable, secure, cloud-native AI platforms and services.\nArchitect solutions leveraging generative AI, large language models, intelligent document processing, and data-driven applications.\nLead design reviews, code reviews, and technical planning efforts.\nEstablish engineering standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices that enable teams to deliver at scale.\nProvide technical guidance across the full software development lifecycle.\nAI Solution Development\nBuild end-to-end AI solutions, including APIs, microservices, data pipelines, orchestration layers, and evaluation frameworks.\nDevelop production-grade applications integrating AI and machine learning capabilities.\nPartner with platform, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, observable, and cost-efficient.\nDrive technical execution from concept through production deployment in an agile delivery environment.\nEvaluate and adopt emerging AI technologies to accelerate innovation and business value.\nMentorship & Team Leadership\nMentor and develop software engineers and data scientists through technical coaching and hands-on collaboration.\nPromote best practices in software engineering, AI development, cloud architecture, and operational excellence.\nFoster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous learning, and high-quality execution.\nHelp teams balance rapid delivery with long-term maintainability and technical excellence.\nAI Governance & Operational Excellence\nImplement evaluation, testing, and validation frameworks for AI-powered applications.\nSupport monitoring, performance optimization, and incident response for AI systems in production.\nDrive responsible AI practices focused on reliability, security, compliance, and risk management.\nEnsure AI solutions meet enterprise standards for scalability, operational readiness, and governance.\nUse your skills to make an impact\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Engineering, Data Science, or related field.\n8+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.\nProven experience building and delivering large-scale, production-grade software platforms.\nStrong backend development expertise with Python, Java, or similar languages.\nExperience designing distributed systems and cloud-native applications.\nDemonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives from architecture through deployment.\nExperience working in agile environments with frequent delivery and iteration.\nPreferred Qualifications\nHands-on experience building and deploying AI, machine learning, or generative AI solutions in production.\nExperience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and modern AI application architectures.\nKnowledge of AI orchestration frameworks, agent-based systems, and model-serving platforms.\nExperience with GCP, AWS, or Azure cloud platforms.\nFamiliarity with RAG, embeddings, vector databases, semantic search, OCR, and intelligent document processing.\nBackground in data engineering, data science, or MLOps.\nExperience building APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.\nExperience operating within complex or highly regulated enterprise environments.\nStrong communication and stakeholder management skills.\nAdvanced degree in Engineering, Data Science, or related field.\nAdditional Information\nLocation & Work Style\nThis is a hybrid role based in one of our technology hub locations: Louisville, KY; Nashville, TN; Tampa, FL; Fort Lauderdale, FL; or Dallas, TX. Team members are expected to work onsite several days per week to collaborate with engineering, product, and business partners while maintaining flexibility to work remotely.\nScheduled Weekly Hours\n40Pay Range\nThe compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.$129,300 - $177,800 per yearThis job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.Description of Benefits\nHumana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides 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 and many other opportunities.About Us\nAbout Humana: 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. 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