Senior AI Software Engineer - LLMs, MLOps & HIPAA

Humana; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 107,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off & holidays

Parental and caregiver leave

Job summary

Humana in Fort Lauderdale is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver AI-driven software systems in clinical settings. You will develop LLM-powered features, ensure HIPAA-compliant handling of health data, and collaborate on architecture reviews and engineering standards.

Responsibilities include building backend services in Python/TypeScript, evaluating AI models, and advancing MLOps infrastructure. This role requires 5+ years of software experience with AI/ML in production.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years software engineering experience, with 2+ years building production AI/ML systems
• Hands-on experience with large language models and orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, or equivalent)
• Proficiency in Python, Typescript and ML libraries (Hugging Face, PyTorch, scikit-learn, or similar)
• Experience building REST or GraphQL APIs that serve AI/ML model outputs
• Solid understanding of RAG pipeline design and vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector, or similar)
• Experience building custom LLM and agent evals, including automated testing of model outputs, agent trajectories, and failure modes
• Awareness of HIPAA requirements and secure handling of sensitive health data
• Ability to work with autonomy and strong judgment in a greenfield, ambiguous environment
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools and LLM coding harnesses (Claude Code, Pi Agent, Cursor, Codex, or similar)

Responsibilities

• System Development: Build and maintain LLM-powered features including retrieval-augmented generation systems, structured prompt pipelines, and intelligent workflow automation deployed in clinical settings.
• Model Evaluation: Implement and iterate on evaluation frameworks to measure accuracy, safety, and reliability of AI outputs in production. Contribute to ongoing monitoring and quality improvement of deployed models.
• Backend Service Development: Build Python or Typescript based backend services that expose AI capabilities to product and clinical applications via REST, GraphQL APIs and Websockets.
• Infrastructure and MLOps: Contribute to AI infrastructure design, deployment automation, and operational tooling as the team scales.
• HIPAA-Compliant Development: Ensure all systems meet HIPAA standards and that protected health information is handled appropriately throughout the stack.
• Technical Collaboration: Participate actively in architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical design sessions. Help set and uphold team engineering standards in a new, growing team.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Large language models

LangChain / LlamaIndex

REST / GraphQL APIs

HIPAA awareness

Autonomy & judgment

AI/ML production systems

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Pinecone

Weaviate

Job description

Humana in Fort Lauderdale is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver AI-driven software systems in clinical settings. You will develop LLM-powered features, ensure HIPAA-compliant handling of health data, and collaborate on architecture reviews and engineering standards.

Responsibilities include building backend services in Python/TypeScript, evaluating AI models, and advancing MLOps infrastructure. This role requires 5+ years of software experience with AI/ML in production.