Senior Platform Engineer - Remote, Reliability & Scale

Humana Inc; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 147,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana Inc. is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to keep the NBA platform healthy and scalable. You will work across Java/Drools, React/Node/Postgres, Node.js/Temporal, Kafka, and Databricks, diagnosing issues and implementing focused improvements.

Join a hands-on role emphasizing reliability, performance, and maintainability, with remote/hybrid work options and some travel to Humana offices as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
• Able to read, debug, and extend code in Java, Node.js/TypeScript, Python, and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and support the full platform across components and services.
• Monitor health, investigate issues, and resolve bottlenecks in production.

Skills

Polyglot programming

Java

Node.js/TypeScript

Python

SQL

Distributed systems

Observability

Cloud infrastructure

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Kafka

Databricks

Temporal

Drools

React/Node/Postgres

Job description

Humana Inc. is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to keep the NBA platform healthy and scalable. You will work across Java/Drools, React/Node/Postgres, Node.js/Temporal, Kafka, and Databricks, diagnosing issues and implementing focused improvements.

Join a hands-on role emphasizing reliability, performance, and maintainability, with remote/hybrid work options and some travel to Humana offices as needed.