Lead Software Engineer - AI

Humana; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; 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 seeks to own the architecture and production operation of AI systems, including LLM-powered clinical tools, RAG pipelines, agent workflows, and intelligent automation. Collaborate with product, clinical, and engineering teams to develop and evaluate safe, accurate AI features while ensuring HIPAA and Responsible AI compliance.

Requires a bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience, at least eight years of software engineering, and at least four years focused

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Eight or more years of software engineering experience with at least four years focused on production AI/ML systems.
• Hands-on expertise with LLMs, Python and TypeScript, RAG and vector search, model and agent evaluation, multi-agent systems, and secure handling of protected health information.

Skills

Software Engineering

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Large Language Models

Python

TypeScript

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Vector Search

Model Fine-Tuning

AI Evaluation Frameworks

Multi-Agent Systems

Cloud Platforms

HIPAA Compliance

Clinical Informatics

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

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 eight years of software engineering experience, and at least four years focused on production AI/ML systems. Candidates need hands-on expertise with LLMs, Python and TypeScript, RAG and vector search, model and agent evaluation, multi-agent systems, and secure handling of protected health information.

Key Skills

• Software Engineering
• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Large Language Models
• Python
• TypeScript
• LangChain
• LlamaIndex
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation
• Vector Search
• Model Fine-Tuning
• AI Evaluation Frameworks
• Multi-Agent Systems
• Cloud Platforms
• HIPAA Compliance
• Clinical Informatics

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