Senior Full Stack Engineer

Senior Full Stack Engineer – Platform & Architecture

The Senior Full Stack Engineer – Platform & Architecture is a hands-on technical lead role. This role has broad scope across the full stack, including front-end, back-end, database, integrations, and hosting, for the Wisconsin Medicaid Market. The role emphasizes autonomy and ownership while setting technical direction, driving platform consistency, and mentoring engineers to deliver reliable, scalable solutions.

This position blends day-to-day software engineering with technical leadership. It involves architecture-minded decision making, modernizing legacy systems, reducing technical debt, and establishing consistent platform patterns. These efforts span across two independent health plan technology stacks. The role also promotes modern engineering practices (CI/CD, infrastructure and security as code, automated testing, and observability) and expects responsible use of Humana-approved AI and code generation tools to accelerate delivery and improve quality.

The Senior Full Stack Engineer – Platform & Architecture is responsible for hands-on architecture, design, development, and modernization of applications and platforms that support the Wisconsin Medicaid Market. This role operates with a high degree of autonomy and trust, owning solutions end-to-end across the full stack rather than being confined to a single application or technology area.

The Wisconsin Medicaid Market IT team functions as a highly empowered, end-to-end technology organization supporting two acquired health plans with independent core administration systems and technology stacks. As a result, this role works across the full spectrum of core platforms and supporting systems—collaborating with peers, enterprise architecture, and platform partners to define technical direction, align to enterprise standards where appropriate, and reduce system complexity and operational burden.

This position regularly wears multiple hats—building and modernizing software across front-end, back-end, database, integration, and hosting layers; contributing architectural vision; addressing technical debt; and improving reliability and scalability across environments. The engineer will lead by example through hands-on delivery, strong code review practices, and mentoring. Additionally, they will drive software-driven automation, focusing on CI/CD, infrastructure, and security as code. Furthermore, they will adopt cloud-native patterns, such as containers and orchestration, where they fit the market's needs. The role will also champion practical, responsible use of Humana-approved AI-assisted development and code generation tools (Google-based tooling in Humana's standard stack) to increase throughput and strengthen code quality.

Success in this role is driven not only by technical outcomes, but also by how the individual shows up: bringing curiosity, ownership, collaboration, and a growth mindset. This role is well suited for a lead engineer who can translate ambiguous requirements into pragmatic designs, communicate tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders, mentor teammates through design and delivery, and progressively take on broader platform and architecture responsibility while remaining hands-on.

Skills & Capabilities

Full Stack Application & Platform Engineering

Deep experience building and modernizing applications across the full stack, including front-end, back-end, data, integrations, and hosting. Strong experience with the Microsoft technology stack (e.g.,.NET, SQL Server, Windows-based services) and cloud-hosted solutions (especially Azure). Comfortable working across application, integration, and platform layers in complex environments.

DevOps, Automation, and Infrastructure/Security as Code

Experience designing delivery pipelines and operational automation (CI/CD), applying infrastructure as code and security as code practices, and improving developer experience through repeatable, self-service patterns.

Cloud-Native Patterns (Containers & Orchestration)

Working knowledge of containerization and orchestration concepts (e.g., Docker and Kubernetes/AKS) and when to apply them to improve scalability, resilience, and consistency across environments, especially Azure.

Reliability, Observability & Operational Excellence

Ability to improve production supportability through monitoring, logging, alerting, and runbook-style documentation; experience reducing incident volume via root-cause analysis, automation, and resilient design.

Cross‑Domain Systems Thinking

Ability to understand and navigate interactions across multiple insurance core systems, platforms, and supporting services, identifying opportunities to simplify workflows and reduce system sprawl.

Architecture‑Minded Engineering

Strong aptitude for evaluating existing solutions, identifying technical debt, and recommending pragmatic architectural improvements that balance near‑term delivery with long‑term sustainability.

Modernization, Reliability & Code Quality

Experience modernizing legacy technologies and improving reliability, performance, and operational supportability through thoughtful design, refactoring, and automation.

AI‑Assisted Development & Code Generation

Comfort actively leveraging AI‑assisted development and code generation tools to improve productivity, code quality, analysis, and learning. Expected to use these tools day‑to‑day and model effective practices for the team. Experience with Humana's approved code generation tooling (e.g., Windsurf/Codeium) is highly preferred; strong aptitude and willingness to learn is equally valued.

Ways of Working & Mindset

Thrives in autonomous, high-trust environments. Comfortable wearing multiple hats, collaborating across teams, influencing through expertise, and remaining hands-on while leading technical direction, mentoring teammates, and partnering with leaders on architectural and process decisions.

Additional Job Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on design and delivery of applications and platforms across the Wisconsin Medicaid Market (front-end, back-end, data, integrations, and hosting)
• Work across multiple insurance core administration platforms and supporting services rather than a single domain
• Lead technical architecture and design, presenting a clear vision and pragmatic patterns that standardize approaches and improve efficiency across technology stacks
• Identify and address technical debt and reliability gaps that improve scalability, supportability, and operational outcomes
• Support modernization efforts (including migration from legacy implementations to modern patterns where applicable), with an emphasis on automation and repeatability
• Partner with IT leadership, enterprise architects, and platform teams to align decisions with enterprise standards and long-term direction
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and HIPAA requirements, including applying security-as-code and appropriate controls in delivery pipelines
• Mentor engineers through design discussions and code reviews; coach on delivery practices (testing, CI/CD, observability) and model effective use of Humana-approved AI and code generation tools
• Balance hands-on delivery with technical leadership (architecture decisions, alignment, and coaching) as priorities evolve

Team Culture & Expectations

On the Wisconsin Medicaid Market IT team, how you show up is as important as what you accomplish. We value ownership, curiosity, collaboration, and a strong desire to learn and make a meaningful difference. Team members are trusted to operate with autonomy, take accountability for outcomes, and work across domains to solve problems end-to-end.

A growth mindset, comfort operating in ambiguity, and willingness to continuously learn new technologies and approaches are essential for success in this role—including embracing and effectively leveraging Humana‑approved AI‑assisted development and code generation as a standard part of how the team delivers high‑quality outcomes.

Use Your Skills to Make an Impact

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5 or more years of experience designing, developing, and testing of software applications and/or infrastructure
• Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree

Additional Information

• Work-At-Home Requirements: Must have the ability to provide a high speed DSL or cable modem for a home office. Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense.
• A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required.
• Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role.
• A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

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: