Lead AI Agent Architect (Remote)

Humana Inc; Frankfort (KY); Remote; USD 142,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Humana Inc. is seeking an expert in agent design, planning, and control to develop and evaluate autonomous agents for complex, real-world environments. The role focuses on reliable, interpretable AI, with collaboration across teams to ensure safety and alignment in long-horizon tasks.

The position offers remote work from the United States, with travel to Humana offices occasionally for training or meetings. A Master’s or PhD in a relevant field strengthens candidacy.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree and 4+ years of experience in research/ML engineering or an applied research scientist position preferably with a focus on developing production-ready AI solutions.
• 2+ years of experience leading development of AI/ML systems.
• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience shipping autonomous, or semi-autonomous agents in production or simulation.
• Experience with LLM-based agents with scratchpad/self-reflection or hierarchical task decomposition.
• Understanding of autonomy risk mitigation strategies, including off-switch protocols, or bounded rationality.

Responsibilities

• Architect goal setting and goal decomposition mechanisms for autonomous agents operating in uncertain or open-ended environments
• Design and implement dynamic planning systems (e.g., hierarchical planning, curriculum learning, scratchpad/self-refinement loops)
• Collaborate on memory, tool-use, and feedback-loop designs enabling multi-step, self-directed agent behavior
• Develop evaluation frameworks for alignment with human intent, consistency, progress against long-horizon objectives
• Prototype agents that interface with APIs, MCP servers, search engines, databases, or real-world actuators to pursue goals safely and efficiency
• Explore mechanisms to detect and mitigate goal misalignment, looping behavior, or undesirable emergent strategies
• Work across teams to integrate goal alignment with safety, alignment, and operational reliability mechanisms

Education

Master's Degree

Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

SQL

Python

PyTorch

Jax

LangChain

LangGraph

AutoGen

Transformers

ETL

Job description

Humana Inc. is seeking an expert in agent design, planning, and control to develop and evaluate autonomous agents for complex, real-world environments. The role focuses on reliable, interpretable AI, with collaboration across teams to ensure safety and alignment in long-horizon tasks.

The position offers remote work from the United States, with travel to Humana offices occasionally for training or meetings. A Master’s or PhD in a relevant field strengthens candidacy.