Lead Software Engineer

Become a part of our caring community Humana is seeking a hands-on Lead Engineer to guide the design, development, and delivery of enterprise APIs, GraphQL services, and microservices that support Humana and CenterWell digital experiences. In this role, you will provide technical leadership across engineering teams, help drive delivery execution, and ensure solutions are secure, scalable, resilient, observable, and ready to support emerging AI-enabled experiences. You will partner closely with Product Owners, Architects, business stakeholders, API governance teams, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality platform capabilities that serve both traditional applications and next-generation AI use cases. Location : Louisville, KY or Dallas, TX (Work At Home with occasional office visits) What You Will Do Lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise APIs, GraphQL services, REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven capabilities. Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture discussions, design reviews, coding, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and mentoring. Guide API design decisions across REST and GraphQL patterns, including schema design, resolver design, query optimization, federation considerations, API composition, versioning, and backward compatibility. Drive sprint execution and delivery accountability to ensure teams meet commitments with consistent quality. Partner with Product Owners, Architects, and business stakeholders to evaluate requirements, assess technical feasibility, and deliver scalable solutions. Establish and promote engineering best practices for API design, GraphQL schema governance, API security, quality, observability, resiliency, and operational excellence. Support modernization initiatives using cloud-native architecture, automation, CI/CD, DevOps practices, containers, and API gateway patterns. Champion production readiness, incident response, root cause analysis, performance optimization, and continuous improvement. Help evolve enterprise services so they can be securely consumed by web and mobile applications, enterprise platforms, GraphQL clients, AI agents, copilots, and agentic workflows. Support API onboarding, documentation, governance, cataloging, and deployment practices across enterprise API platforms and gateways. Use your skills to make an impact Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field. 8+ years of software engineering experience in large-scale enterprise environments. 2+ years of technical leadership experience. Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, GraphQL, microservices, Kafka, and distributed systems. Experience building cloud-native solutions on Azure, AWS, or similar platforms. Expertise with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, DevOps, observability, monitoring, and SRE practices. Strong knowledge of API design, governance, security, and enterprise integration patterns. Experience with GraphQL technologies including Apollo, GraphQL Java, Spring for GraphQL, and Federation. Working knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, IAM, Ping Identity, and ForgeRock. Proven ability to lead teams, mentor engineers, and deliver in Agile environments. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. AI & Emerging Technology Experience Understanding of designing APIs, GraphQL services, and microservices for AI agents, copilots, and LLM-powered applications. Familiarity with MCP, agent skills, tool calling, and agent-to-agent communication. Working knowledge of LLMs, RAG, AI orchestration frameworks, and enterprise AI platforms. Understanding of AI evaluation, data quality, validation, and governance practices. Ability to build secure, reusable, AI-ready services and documentation. Preferred Qualifications Master’s degree and relevant AI, IAM, or cloud certifications. Experience in healthcare, pharmacy, insurance, or other regulated industries. Experience with AKS, GKE, OpenShift, or similar platforms. Familiarity with GraphQL observability, schema management, Apollo Router, and Federation. Experience with AI frameworks such as LangChain, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, or AutoGen. Experience with Apigee, API gateways, API governance, OpenAPI specifications, and enterprise API ecosystems. Interview Format: As part of our hiring process for this opportunity, we will be using an interviewing technology called HireVue to enhance our hiring and decision-making ability. HireVue allows us to quickly connect and gain valuable information from you pertaining to your relevant skills and experience at a time that is best for your schedule. Work-At-Home Requirements To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership. Employees who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense. Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information. #LI-Remote ​ Social Security Task Humana values personal identity protection. Please be aware that applicants may be asked to provide their Social Security Number, if it is not already on file. When required, an email will be sent from [email protected] with instructions on how to add the information into your official application on Humana’s secure website. Limited Geography Remote - This is a remote position but located within a specific geography. Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information. Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required. Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Pay Range The 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 year This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance. Description of Benefits Humana, 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 About 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. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com. ​ Equal Opportunity Employer It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.