Remote Lead AI Agent Architect — Planning & Autonomy

Humana Inc; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 142,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana Inc. is seeking an expert in agent design, planning, and control to develop autonomous AI agents for real-world environments. The role focuses on creating robust, interpretable systems with safety and alignment at scale.

You will collaborate across teams to design dynamic planners, memory and tool-use interfaces, and evaluation frameworks to ensure reliable long-horizon performance.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree and 4+ years of experience in research/ML engineering or an applied research scientist position preferably with a focus on developing production-ready AI solutions
• 2+ years of experience leading development of AI/ML systems

Responsibilities

• Architect goal setting and goal decomposition mechanisms for autonomous agents operating in uncertain or open-ended environments

Skills

SQL

Python

Data analysis

Data mining

Large-scale ML systems

Transformer models

Symbolic planning

Causal reasoning

Model-based RL

ETL

Education

Master's Degree or higher

Ph.D. in Computer Science / Data Science / ML or related field

Tools

PyTorch

Jax

LangChain

LangGraph

AutoGen

Job description

Humana Inc. is seeking an expert in agent design, planning, and control to develop autonomous AI agents for real-world environments. The role focuses on creating robust, interpretable systems with safety and alignment at scale.

You will collaborate across teams to design dynamic planners, memory and tool-use interfaces, and evaluation frameworks to ensure reliable long-horizon performance.