Senior Decision Intelligence Engineer

Humana Inc; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana Inc is seeking a Senior Decision Intelligence Engineer to build, deploy, and operate ML and decisioning pipelines for the NBA Decision Intelligence Platform. This hands-on role focuses on production pipeline development, MLOps, feature engineering, and optimization-aware decisioning.

You will collaborate with ML engineers, data engineers, platform engineers, product owners, and decision engine teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and auditable production systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in computer science or relevant field.
• 5+ years of software eng./quantitative research in large-scale production systems.
• 2+ years hands-on experience implementing RL or simulation-driven decision systems in production.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and operate ML and decisioning pipelines for production systems.
• Diagnose failure modes in learned/optimized policies.
• Collaborate with ML engineers, data engineers, platform engineers, product owners, and decision engine teams to deliver reliable, scalable, auditable systems.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Reinforcement learning

Operations research methods

Markov Decision Processes

Ray RLlib

Databricks

PySpark

Delta Lake

MLflow

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or relevant field

Tools

Databricks

PySpark

Delta Lake

MLflow

Ray RLlib

Job description

## Senior Decision Intelligence EngineerApply: Remote Nationwide: Full time: Posted Today: R-428961# **Become a part of our caring community**The Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Decision Intelligence is a hands-on individual contributor responsible for building, deploying, and operating ML and decisioning pipelines for the NBA Decision Intelligence Platform. This role focuses on production pipeline development, MLOps, feature engineering, scoring workflows, monitoring, and optimization-aware decisioning. You will help ensure the platform selects the right action for the right member while respecting clinical eligibility, suppression rules, channel constraints, program goals, and operational capacity. You will work closely with ML engineers, data engineers, platform engineers, product owners, and decision engine teams to deliver reliable, scalable, and auditable production systems.Additional Job Description**Required Qualifications*** Bachelors in computer science or relevant field* 5+ years (post undergraduate level) of software engineering or quantitative research experience building and operating large-scale production systems, with emphasis on data-intensive platforms, recommendation systems, optimization engines, or simulation frameworks serving millions of users.* 2+ years (post graduate level) of software engineering or quantitative research experience building and operating large-scale production systems, with emphasis on data-intensive platforms, recommendation systems, optimization engines, or simulation frameworks serving millions of users.* 2+ years of hands-on experience implementing reinforcement learning, operations research methods, or simulation-driven decision systems in production. Relevant backgrounds include policy gradient and value-based RL (PPO, A3C, DQN, CQL), stochastic dynamic programming, discrete-event simulation, or large-scale combinatorial or constrained optimization.* Deep familiarity with Markov Decision Processes, Bellman-equation-based value estimation, reward or objective shaping, exploration-exploitation tradeoffs, and constraint formulation in real-world decision systems.* Demonstrated ability to diagnose failure modes in learned or optimized policies: instability, poor credit assignment across long horizons, and distributional shift across large populations.* Proficiency in Python 3.x; experience with PyTorch or TensorFlow for policy network or learned model implementation.* Experience with Ray RLlib or equivalent distributed computation frameworks for large-scale training or optimization.* Experience with Databricks, PySpark, and Delta Lake for large-scale ML or data pipelines processing tens of millions of records.* Experience with MLflow for experiment tracking, model registry, and artifact management.* Experience with shipping systems that operate reliably under production load, not just research or prototype work.**Preferred Qualifications*** Experience with multi-agent RL frameworks (PettingZoo or equivalent) or multi-agent simulation and coordination methods.* Familiarity with operations research methods applicable to constrained sequential decisioning: linear programming, mixed-integer programming, Lagrangian relaxation, or constraint programming.* Experience operating decision or optimization systems in regulated domains (healthcare, finance, or insurance) where member safety, auditability, and explainability are requirements.* Experience building simulation environments using Gymnasium, SimPy, AnyLogic, or equivalent frameworks for policy evaluation and backtesting.* Familiarity with event-driven feedback loops and how disposition signals feed retraining or re-optimization pipelines.* OpenTelemetry instrumentation experience for ML or optimization pipeline observability.# **Use your skills to make an impact****Additional Information****Work Style:** Remote/Hybrid - Preferably Boston, MA.Occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.**Work Hours**: Typical business hours are Monday-Friday, 8 hours/day, 5 days/week-- some flexibility might be possible, depending on business needs.Very minimal travel might be required for training, meetings, and/or conferences**Interview Format**As part of our hiring process, we will be using on-demand technology provided by Hire Vue, a third-party vendor. This technology provides our team of recruiters and hiring managers with an enhanced method for decision-making through on-demand candidate assessments.If you are selected to move forward from your application prescreen, you will receive correspondence inviting you to participate in an on-demand assessment with pre-determined questions. You should anticipate the assessment to take approximately 10-15 minutes.Your on-demand assessment will be reviewed, and you will subsequently be informed if you will be moving forward to next round of interviews.Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.**Scheduled Weekly Hours**40**Pay Range**The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.$106,900 - $147,000 per yearThis job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.**Description of Benefits**Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.Application Deadline: 09-16-2026