Lead AI Engineer: Architect Scalable AI Platforms

Humana

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 129,000 - 178,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Humana seeks a Lead AI Engineer to build the next generation of AI-powered experiences, platforms, and intelligent workflows. This hands-on technical leadership role blends software engineering, AI, and platform architecture to move ideas from concept to production in a reliable, secure, and scalable way.

You will mentor engineers, own system architecture, and drive adoption of LLMs, RAG, and autonomous workflows across enterprise platforms.

Qualifications

8+ years of software engineering experience.
3+ years building or leading production AI/ML solutions.
Strong experience with large language models, AI orchestration frameworks, vector search, RAG, and prompt engineering.
Proficiency in Python and at least one additional modern language, preferably C#/.Net.
Experience building cloud-native applications in Azure, AWS, or GCP.
Strong understanding of APIs, CI/CD, testing, and DevSecOps.
Ability to lead complex technical initiatives and influence across teams.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver AI-powered capabilities that solve meaningful business problems.
Develop solutions using LLMs, RAG, autonomous agents, semantic search, and other modern AI techniques.
Own technical architecture from prototype through production deployment.
Create reusable platform capabilities that accelerate future AI development.
Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar.
Drive engineering best practices around architecture, testing, deployment, observability, and security.