Principal AI Engineer: Enterprise Quality Solutions (Remote)

Humana Inc

Jefferson City (MO)

On-site

USD 157,000 - 215,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Life insurance

Flexible work options

Comprehensive dental and vision

Job summary

Humana Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Intelligent Quality Solutions to lead hands-on development of AI-powered, enterprise-grade software within a scalable quality engineering ecosystem.

You will build intelligent AI-enabled services, reusable frameworks, and autonomous agents that transform how software is designed, tested, released, and improved. You will prototype, deploy, and operate AI-powered applications in production, mentor engineers, and influence technical direction

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, or related field.
12+ years of experience designing and building enterprise software applications, services, or platforms.
Hands-on experience designing, developing, deploying, and supporting AI-powered software applications in production environments.
Demonstrated experience building applications using large language models, generative AI, agentic AI, machine learning, or modern AI orchestration frameworks.
Strong software engineering across cloud-native architectures, APIs, distributed systems, modern design patterns, and secure software development.
Experience building scalable enterprise platforms or reusable enterprise capabilities.
Experience integrating AI capabilities into enterprise software products, platforms, or engineering workflows.
Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives from concept through production implementation.
Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, observability, governance, and lifecycle management.
Excellent communication skills to influence technical direction across teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Develop AI-powered software solutions for Enterprise Quality Engineering.
Develop intelligent applications, AI services, APIs, and reusable frameworks.
Create AI agents that improve software testing, quality, and productivity.
Build scalable, secure, production-ready enterprise software.
Integrate AI capabilities into software development and quality processes.
Evaluate latest AI technologies and prototype solutions.
Provide technical leadership, architecture guidance, and mentorship across projects.
Collaborate with engineering, architecture, product, security, and data teams to build enterprise solutions.
Establish best practices for AI development, governance, security, and observability.
Help shape long-term AI and quality engineering strategy.