Lead Platform & API Engineer - AI, HIPAA Ready, Remote

Humana; United States; Remote; USD 155,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana seeks a Lead Software Engineer to build a robust platform and API layer for its AI-enabled products. You will own backend services, REST/GraphQL APIs, and secure by design patterns across Care systems and data layers.

The role emphasizes platform scalability, HIPAA-compliant data handling, and end-to-end ownership from architecture to production. Remote-friendly with some travel to designated sites as needed.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in backend and platform engineering
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and/or Python for API and service development
• Proven track record building scalable, production-grade REST or GraphQL APIs
• Solid understanding of authentication (OAuth2, OIDC), API security patterns, and authorization model design
• Working knowledge of HIPAA requirements, particularly secure transmission, storage, and access control for PHI
• Experience with Next.js and React sufficient for full-stack feature contribution
• Demonstrated ownership of complex backend systems end-to-end, from architecture through production operation
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools and LLM coding harnesses (Claude Code, Pi Agent, Cursor, Codex, or similar)

Responsibilities

• Platform and API Architecture: Design and lead development of core backend services, REST and GraphQL APIs, and service-to-service integrations.
• Security and Compliance by Design: Establish patterns for authentication, authorization, rate limiting, PHI access control, and audit logging.
• AI and LLM Integration Patterns: Define and implement reusable patterns for integrating AI capabilities into product APIs, including LLM routing, streaming responses, tool orchestration.
• Observability and Reliability: Build logging, monitoring, and alerting infrastructure so the platform is operable and debuggable at scale.
• Full-Stack Feature Delivery: Contribute to product feature development end-to-end using TypeScript and Next.js, from server-side APIs to rendered UI.
• Architecture Reviews and Standards: Drive architecture reviews and define backend engineering standards that the full engineering team builds on.

Skills

TypeScript

Python

Backend engineering

API design

OAuth2/OIDC

HIPAA security

Next.js/React

LLM integration

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Claude Code

Pi Agent

Cursor

Codex

Job description

Humana seeks a Lead Software Engineer to build a robust platform and API layer for its AI-enabled products. You will own backend services, REST/GraphQL APIs, and secure by design patterns across Care systems and data layers.

The role emphasizes platform scalability, HIPAA-compliant data handling, and end-to-end ownership from architecture to production. Remote-friendly with some travel to designated sites as needed.