Lead Platform & API Engineer for AI HealthTech

Humana; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 155,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentive plan

Job summary

Humana's CenterWell division seeks a Lead Full-Stack Engineer to build the platform and API layer connecting AI capabilities, data systems, and product frontends. You will set security and deployment standards, guiding architecture reviews and enabling end-to-end feature delivery with TypeScript and Next.js for care teams and patients.

You’ll influence API patterns, authentication/authorization designs, and scalable backend services while working in a remote-enabled environment with travel as

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a 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 that connect all layers of Centerwell's AI product stack.
• Security and Compliance by Design:** Establish patterns for authentication, authorization, rate limiting, PHI access control, and audit logging. Ensure HIPAA compliance is embedded in platform design from day one—not bolted on after the fact.
• AI and LLM Integration Patterns:** Define and implement reusable patterns for integrating AI capabilities into product APIs, including LLM routing, streaming responses, tool orchestration, and model output handling.
• 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

Backend engineering

TypeScript

Python

API design

Security patterns

HIPAA knowledge

Next.js/React

End-to-end ownership

AI tooling

Education

B.S./M.S. in CS or related field

Tools

Next.js

GraphQL

REST APIs

OAuth2

CI/CD

Job description

Humana's CenterWell division seeks a Lead Full-Stack Engineer to build the platform and API layer connecting AI capabilities, data systems, and product frontends. You will set security and deployment standards, guiding architecture reviews and enabling end-to-end feature delivery with TypeScript and Next.js for care teams and patients.

You’ll influence API patterns, authentication/authorization designs, and scalable backend services while working in a remote-enabled environment with travel as