Lead Full Stack Engineer

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We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Full Stack Engineer to drive engineering excellence across front-end back-end API and data layers.
This role is responsible for setting technical direction ensuring consistent delivery across teams and aligning engineering solutions with business priorities. The ideal candidate will be a strong technical leader who thrives in complex environments drives modernization initiatives and develops high-performing engineering talent.
This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of our engineering landscape influence enterprise-scale decisions and lead transformation initiatives that directly impact customer experience and business growth.

Location : Louisville KY or Dallas TX (Work At Home with occasional office visits)

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Strategy

• Lead full stack engineering strategy and execution across UI APIs and data platforms
• Define architectural direction and ensure high standards for code quality scalability and maintainability
• Select frameworks languages and platforms across front-end back-end APIs and data layers
• Approve architectural patterns (monolith vs. microservices cloud strategy and integrations)
• Identify opportunities to refactor modernize or retire legacy systems

Delivery Execution & Prioritization

• Drive consistent delivery across multiple engineering teams through:
  • Sprint planning and execution
  • Dependency management
  • Risk mitigation
  • Removal of technical and organizational blockers
• Prioritize feature development platform investments and technical debt across teams
• Make trade-offs on scope timelines and resource allocation
• Balance short-term business needs with long-term platform health
• Ensure predictable high-quality delivery that builds stakeholder confidence

Quality Security & Risk Management

• Define and enforce quality standards including testing code reviews and performance benchmarks
• Establish release readiness criteria and approve production deployments
• Guide security compliance and data protection strategies
• Mitigate risk and ensure system stability reliability and regulatory alignment

Production Support & Incident Leadership

• Serve as the senior escalation point for critical system issues
• Diagnose and resolve complex cross-stack production incidents
• Lead decisions during incidents (rollback hotfix or root-cause remediation)
• Direct engineering resources during high-severity events
• Drive long-term solutions to reduce incident frequency and improve system resilience

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence

• Partner with Product UX QA Platform teams Architects Directors and VPs to:
  • Shape roadmaps and align priorities
  • Translate business requirements into technical execution plans
  • Refine requirements and reduce ambiguity
  • Coordinate cross-team dependencies
• Advocate for clarity and feasibility in requirements addressing risks early
• Influence strategic direction technical investments and delivery expectations
• Communicate risks trade-offs and system impacts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Operational Excellence & Investment Decisions

• Drive decisions on investment in automation tooling observability and platform improvements
• Lead initiatives to reduce operational toil and improve developer experience
• Optimize engineering processes to increase efficiency and scalability

Talent Development & Team Leadership

• Mentor and develop tech leads and senior engineers
• Provide ongoing coaching feedback and performance guidance
• Identify promotion readiness and address performance gaps
• Influence hiring strategies and succession planning
• Build and sustain high-performing engaged engineering teams

Strategic Initiatives

• Lead application rationalization efforts including:
  • Onboarding to new APIs
  • Eliminating vendor-based products
• Guide Cloud 3.0 migration initiatives:
  • Lead lift-and-shift efforts from Cloud 1.0 to Cloud 3.0 infrastructure
  • Support modernization toward cloud-native architectures

Use your skills to make an impact

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science engineering or related field (Masters preferred)
• 8 years of progressive IT experience including senior-level development on large-scale systems
• 2 years of experience leading engineering teams or major technical initiatives
• Proven experience in full stack development (UI backend services APIs data layers)
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns and cloud platforms
• Passion for improving consumer experiences through technology

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience with:
  • Python
  • Typescript AngularJS VueJS
• Full-stack development across UI APIs and backend services
• Experience with distributed systems cloud architecture and modern DevOps practices

Preferred Qualifications

• AZ-900 or other cloud certification
• Experience with cloud migration and modernization initiatives
• Exposure to large-scale enterprise environments and distributed systems

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.

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Limited Geography Remote - This is a remote position but located within a specific geography.

Travel: While this is a remote position occasional travel to Humanas 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.

$129300 - $177800 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 volunteer time off 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 .

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.

Required Experience:

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