Lead Software Engineer - AI

Humana; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Benefits

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

401(K) Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Company Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Caregiver Leave

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Life Insurance

Bonus Incentive Plan

Job summary

Humana is seeking an experienced AI systems architect to own the end-to-end production operation of LLM-powered clinical tools, RAG pipelines, and intelligent automation. You will partner with product, clinical, and engineering teams to design safe, accurate features while ensuring HIPAA and Responsible AI compliance.

The role requires strong background in Python and TypeScript, hands-on work with model fine-tuning, evaluation, and secure handling of protected health information, and the ability

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• 4+ years focused on production AI/ML systems.
• Hands-on experience with LLM, RAG, multi-agent, evaluation, and model fine-tuning.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and production operation of AI systems, including LLM-powered clinical tools, RAG pipelines, agent workflows, and intelligent automation.
• Partner with product, clinical, and engineering stakeholders to develop and evaluate safe, accurate AI features while ensuring HIPAA and Responsible AI compliance.

Skills

LLM experience

RAG pipelines

Multi-agent systems

Model fine-tuning

Evaluation frameworks

Python

TypeScript

Secure HIPAA handling

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in a relevant field

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Hugging Face

PyTorch

Vector Search

Job description

Own the architecture and production operation of AI systems, including LLM-powered clinical tools, RAG pipelines, agent workflows, and intelligent automation. Partner with product, clinical, and engineering stakeholders to develop and evaluate safe, accurate AI features while ensuring HIPAA and Responsible AI compliance.

Requirements:

Requires a bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience, at least 8 years of software engineering experience, and at least 4 years focused on production AI/ML systems. Candidates need hands‑on LLM, RAG, multi‑agent, evaluation, and model fine‑tuning experience, proficiency in Python and TypeScript, and knowledge of secure handling of protected health information.

Key Skills:

Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Large Language Models, Python, TypeScript, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face, PyTorch, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Vector Search, Model Fine-Tuning, Multi-Agent Systems, AI Evaluation Frameworks, HIPAA Compliance

Benefits:

Medical Benefits, Dental Benefits, Vision Benefits, 401(K) Retirement Savings Plan, Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Personal Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Caregiver Leave, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, Bonus Incentive Plan