Remote Lead Observability Engineer, AI-Driven Reliability

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

Job summary

Humana Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer specializing in observability and logging. You will design, implement, and evolve scalable logging platforms, guide enterprise initiatives, and mentor engineers across disciplines to ensure reliability and performance.

Remote-friendly role with occasional travel to Humana offices. Strong focus on AI/ML integration, IaC-driven deployments, and cross-functional collaboration to advance observability maturity.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software/infrastructure with observability focus.
• 3+ years in hands-on observability design and engineering.
• 2+ years in AI development for observability.
• 2+ years developing data logging solutions.
• 2+ years automation experience.
• Strong OS, networking, distributed systems fundamentals.
• Proven leadership and mentoring experience.
• Agile delivery and observability maturity.

Responsibilities

• Architect observability environments and optimize using best practices.
• Build automation scripts for instrumentation and deployment.
• Integrate observability into CI/CD with IaC and configuration management.
• Conduct observability code reviews and automated validation.
• Build AI-native tools for autonomous issue detection and resolution.
• Lead the design of distributed systems for reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive cross-team initiatives.
• Collaborate across teams to align observability strategies with business goals.

Skills

Observability engineering

Distributed systems

AI/ML for observability

Leadership & mentoring

Automation

CI/CD & IaC

Observability design

Education

Associate degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Splunk Cloud Enterprise

Splunk ES

HEC / Data onboarding

TA development

Job description

Humana Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer specializing in observability and logging. You will design, implement, and evolve scalable logging platforms, guide enterprise initiatives, and mentor engineers across disciplines to ensure reliability and performance.

Remote-friendly role with occasional travel to Humana offices. Strong focus on AI/ML integration, IaC-driven deployments, and cross-functional collaboration to advance observability maturity.