Lead Platform Engineer – Real-Time Decision Platform

Humana; United States; Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana seeks a seasoned Lead Software Engineer to architect and deliver real-time recommendation services. You will own the State Machine and Transactional Outbox, ensuring robust, auditable, and scalable outcomes under high concurrency and latency.

This is a hands-on leadership role that blends design, mentorship, and coding across Java, Python, Node.js, and TypeScript. You will lead platform reliability, observability, automated testing, and production readiness, while partnering with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field (required).

Responsibilities

• Own delivery for the platform scale and reliability pod, including planning, execution, and readiness.

Skills

Java

Python

Node.js

TypeScript

Automated testing

Observability

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

SRE concepts

AI-assisted development tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Kafka

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Databricks Lakehouse

GitHub Copilot

Claude

Job description

Humana seeks a seasoned Lead Software Engineer to architect and deliver real-time recommendation services. You will own the State Machine and Transactional Outbox, ensuring robust, auditable, and scalable outcomes under high concurrency and latency.

This is a hands-on leadership role that blends design, mentorship, and coding across Java, Python, Node.js, and TypeScript. You will lead platform reliability, observability, automated testing, and production readiness, while partnering with