Remote Lead Full-Stack Engineer, Cloud & Platform

Humana Inc; Kentucky; Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana Inc. is seeking an experienced engineering leader to drive end-to-end technology strategy across UI, APIs, and data platforms.

You will define architectural directions, set quality standards, and lead multiple teams to deliver scalable solutions with a focus on security and reliability. The role combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic planning, cloud modernization, and incident management, offering remote-hybrid work with occasional in-person collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred)
• 8+ years of progressive IT experience, including senior-level development on large-scale systems
• 2+ years of experience leading engineering teams or major technical initiatives
• Proven experience in full stack development (UI, backend services, APIs, data layers)
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns and cloud platforms
• Passion for improving consumer experiences through technology

Responsibilities

• Lead full stack engineering strategy and execution across UI, APIs, and data platforms
• Define architectural direction and ensure high standards for code quality, scalability, and maintainability
• Select frameworks, languages, and platforms across front-end, back-end, APIs, and data layers
• Approve architectural patterns and cloud strategy
• Identify opportunities to refactor, modernize, or retire legacy systems
• Drive consistent delivery across multiple engineering teams through Sprint planning and execution
• Dependency management, risk mitigation, and removal of blockers
• Prioritize feature development, platform investments, and technical debt across teams
• Balance short-term business needs with long-term platform health
• Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery that builds stakeholder confidence
• Define and enforce quality standards including testing, code reviews, and performance benchmarks
• Establish release readiness criteria and approve production deployments
• Guide security, compliance, and data protection strategies
• Mitigate risk and ensure system stability, reliability, and regulatory alignment
• Serve as the senior escalation point for critical system issues
• Diagnose and resolve complex cross-stack production incidents
• Lead decisions during incidents (rollback, hotfix, or root-cause remediation)
• Direct engineering resources during high-severity events
• Drive long-term solutions to reduce incident frequency and improve system resilience
• Partner with Product, UX, QA, Platform teams to shape roadmaps
• Translate business requirements into technical execution plans
• Refine requirements and reduce ambiguity
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies
• Advocate for clarity and feasibility in requirements
• Influence strategic direction, technical investments, and delivery expectations
• Communicate risks, trade-offs, and system impacts to stakeholders
• Drive decisions on automation, tooling, observability, and platform improvements
• Lead initiatives to reduce operational toil and improve developer experience
• Optimize engineering processes to increase efficiency and scalability
• Mentor and develop tech leads and senior engineers
• Provide ongoing coaching, feedback, and performance guidance
• Identify promotion readiness and address performance gaps
• Influence hiring strategies and succession planning
• Build and sustain high-performing, engaged engineering teams
• Lead application rationalization efforts, onboarding to new APIs
• Eliminate vendor-based products
• Guide Cloud 3.0 migration initiatives: lift-and-shift to modern infra
• Support modernization toward cloud-native architectures

Skills

Full stack development

Engineering leadership

Cloud platforms

Architectural design

Cross-team collaboration

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Humana Inc. is seeking an experienced engineering leader to drive end-to-end technology strategy across UI, APIs, and data platforms.

You will define architectural directions, set quality standards, and lead multiple teams to deliver scalable solutions with a focus on security and reliability. The role combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic planning, cloud modernization, and incident management, offering remote-hybrid work with occasional in-person collaboration.