Lead Software Engineer, Enterprise Observability — Remote

Humana; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 129,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Observability to drive design and evolution of our logging platforms. You will push innovation, mentor engineers, and collaborate with SRE, Security, Networking, and Data Science to improve reliability and performance across distributed systems.

You will apply deep expertise in open telemetry, log ingestion, and event correlation, shaping our observability strategy using cloud-native tech and AI/ML approaches. Remote-friendly with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software/infrastructure engineering with observability/logging focus.
• Strong foundation in operating systems, networking, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Expertise in programming (Python, .Net, Java, Go, Node.js).
• Proven leadership and mentoring experience with Agile delivery.

Responsibilities

• Architect and optimize observability environments using best practices.
• Build automation scripts to streamline instrumentation and deployment.
• Integrate observability into CI/CD pipelines with IaC tools.
• Lead design of distributed, reliable, scalable systems.
• Mentor engineers and drive cross-team collaboration.

Skills

Python

Java

.NET

Go

Node.js

CLOUD-NATIVE

AI Ops

SRE collaboration

Education

Associate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Splunk

Dynatrace

Cribl

Job description

Humana is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Observability to drive design and evolution of our logging platforms. You will push innovation, mentor engineers, and collaborate with SRE, Security, Networking, and Data Science to improve reliability and performance across distributed systems.

You will apply deep expertise in open telemetry, log ingestion, and event correlation, shaping our observability strategy using cloud-native tech and AI/ML approaches. Remote-friendly with travel as needed.