Remote Lead Software Engineer, AI-Driven Observability

Humana; Clifton (TX); Hybrid; USD 129,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Humana is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for Enterprise Observability Engineering to design, build, and evolve scalable logging and observability platforms. You will collaborate with SRE, Security, Networking, and Platform Engineering to advance AI-driven monitoring, cloud-native architectures, and resilient data pipelines.

The role emphasizes expert-level observability, AI integration, and a leadership role in distributed systems design, with remote-work flexibility but requirement to be

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years in software/infrastructure engineering with observability/logging focus.
• 3+ years in hands-on observability design and engineering solution.
• 2+ years hands-on experience with AI development (building AI solutions, not just using).
• 2+ years hands-on experience developing data logging solutions.
• Strong foundation in operating systems, networking, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Agile delivery experience and observability maturity planning.

Responsibilities

• Build automation scripts and tools to streamline observability instrumentation and deployment.
• Integrate observability into CI/CD pipelines using IaC and configuration management tools.
• Build AI-native tools for autonomous issue detection and resolution.
• Lead the design of distributed systems focused on reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Manage data routing, transformation, and endpoint monitoring integrations.

Skills

Observability design

AI development

Cloud-native

Splunk Cloud Enterprise

Distributed systems

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as code

Data logging

Education

Associate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Splunk

Job description

Humana is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for Enterprise Observability Engineering to design, build, and evolve scalable logging and observability platforms. You will collaborate with SRE, Security, Networking, and Platform Engineering to advance AI-driven monitoring, cloud-native architectures, and resilient data pipelines.

The role emphasizes expert-level observability, AI integration, and a leadership role in distributed systems design, with remote-work flexibility but requirement to be