Lead Applied Scientist for Next Best Action Systems

Humana; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Lead Applied Scientist to design, develop, and scale intelligent decision systems powering our Next Best Action platform. You will own models and decision policies from prototyping through production deployment and monitoring.

You will translate complex business problems into scalable AI solutions, collaborate with engineers and data scientists, and ensure systems are reliable, observable, and compliant in a healthcare setting. Occasional travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative field.
• 6+ years of professional ML/decision science experience.
• Experience delivering production ML systems in healthcare or regulated domains.
• Strong Python and ML framework skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and scale AI-powered NBA decision systems.
• Own models and decision policies end to end from prototyping to monitoring.
• Collaborate with software and platform teams to ensure scalable production systems.
• Evaluate behavior under real-world constraints and uncertainty.

Skills

Python

Machine Learning

Reinforcement Learning

Decision Science

Databricks

PySpark

Ray RLlib

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math/Stats/OR related field

Tools

Databricks

PySpark

Ray RLlib

MLflow

Job description

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Lead Applied Scientist to design, develop, and scale intelligent decision systems powering our Next Best Action platform. You will own models and decision policies from prototyping through production deployment and monitoring.

You will translate complex business problems into scalable AI solutions, collaborate with engineers and data scientists, and ensure systems are reliable, observable, and compliant in a healthcare setting. Occasional travel may be required.