Lead Full Stack Engineer

Humana; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Humana is seeking a highly experienced Lead Full Stack Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable web applications. This role provides technical leadership across the full stack and partners with product, design, architecture, and engineering teams to deliver secure, high-performing solutions.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in React, Next.js, TypeScript, C#, and PostgreSQL, along with strong leadership skills and a passion for resilient, user-centered software in a collaborative

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years proven experience in a lead or senior full stack engineering role.
• Strong hands-on experience with: React, Next.js, TypeScript, C# / .NET, PostgreSQL.
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and/or modern service-based architectures.
• Strong understanding of front-end architecture, component design, state management, and responsive UI development.
• Strong understanding of back-end application design, service orchestration, and database design.
• Experience with testing strategies across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers.
• Experience working in Agile product delivery environments.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of full stack applications using React, Next.js, TypeScript, C#, and PostgreSQL.
• Architect scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions across front-end and back-end systems.
• Partner with product managers, UX designers, and stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices, coding standards, and development processes.

Skills

React

Next.js

TypeScript

C# / .NET

PostgreSQL

RESTful APIs

Frontend architecture

Backend design

Agile

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

Job description

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We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Full Stack Engineer to help design, build, and maintain modern, scalable web applications. This role will provide technical leadership across the full stack, partnering closely with product, design, architecture, and engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing applications.

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Full Stack Engineer to help design, build, and maintain modern, scalable web applications. This role will provide technical leadership across the full stack, partnering closely with product, design, architecture, and engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing applications.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in React, Next.js, TypeScript, C#, and PostgreSQL, along with strong leadership skills and a passion for building resilient, user-centered solutions in a highly collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of full stack applications using React, Next.js, TypeScript, C#, and PostgreSQL


• Architect scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions across front-end and back-end systems


• Partner with product managers, UX designers, and stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions


• Establish and promote engineering best practices, coding standards, and development processes


• Mentor and coach engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and day-to-day technical guidance


• Drive technical decision-making for application architecture, API design, system integration, and database modeling


• Optimize application performance, accessibility, reliability, and developer experience


• Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to support CI/CD, monitoring, testing, and deployment strategies


• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and operational standards


• Contribute to roadmap planning, estimation, technical discovery, and delivery execution

Required Qualifications

Use your skills to make an impact

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience


• 2+ years proven experience in a lead or senior full stack engineering role


• Strong hands‑on experience with: React, Next.js, TypeScript, C# / .NET, PostgreSQL


• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and/or modern service-based architectures


• Strong understanding of front‑end architecture, component design, state management, and responsive UI development


• Strong understanding of back‑end application design, service orchestration, and database design


• Experience with testing strategies across unit, integration, and end‑to‑end layers


• Experience working in Agile product delivery environments


• Strong communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms, especially Azure


• Experience with microservices or distributed systems


• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, observability, logging, and production support practices


• Experience in healthcare, regulated industries, or enterprise-scale environments


• Knowledge of secure software development practices and data protection requirements

Additional Information

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.

$129,300 - $177,800 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, 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 atHumana.comand atCenterWell.com.

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.