Remote Associate Director, Performance Engineering

Humana

Connecticut

Remote

USD 142,000 - 196,000

Full time

17 hours ago

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Job summary

Humana is seeking an Associate Director of Software Engineering to advance enterprise performance engineering. You will lead a centralized team delivering performance testing, analysis, workload modeling, capacity planning, and resilience testing across a broad portfolio.

This role shapes standards, tooling, and best practices while collaborating with Architecture, DevOps, SRE, and AI teams. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in software/quality engineering, 3+ years of leadership, and deep

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
10+ years of experience in software engineering, performance engineering, quality engineering, or related disciplines.
3+ years of leadership experience managing engineering or performance engineering teams.
Proven experience leading performance testing engagements for large-scale enterprise applications.
Hands-on experience with enterprise performance testing tools such as LoadRunner Enterprise, BlazeMeter, Apache JMeter, Performance Center.

Responsibilities

Lead execution of Humana's enterprise performance engineering strategy, roadmap, and operating model.
Establish and mature performance engineering standards, methodologies, frameworks, and governance practices.
Lead a centralized performance engineering team supporting multiple business segments and technology portfolios.
Define performance test strategies, workload models, and testing approaches for enterprise-scale applications.
Oversee planning and execution of performance validation activities across testing types and environments.
Partner with Architecture, Engineering, Product, and SRE teams to embed performance practices in delivery pipelines.