Lead Full Stack Engineer

📋 Description

• • As a Lead Full Stack Engineer at Humana Inc., you will be instrumental in shaping the future of our digital health platforms, driving innovation across the entire technology stack. This role demands a blend of deep technical expertise, strategic architectural vision, and strong leadership capabilities to guide a team of talented engineers.
• • You will be responsible for the end-to-end software development lifecycle, from conceptualization and design to implementation, testing, and deployment. This includes hands-on development across front-end, back-end, and database layers, ensuring robust, scalable, and high-quality solutions.
• • A core aspect of your role will involve leading technical architecture and design discussions, presenting a clear technical vision, and ensuring alignment with business objectives. You will tackle complex problems requiring advanced data structures and algorithms, evaluating challenges from both strategic and tactical perspectives.
• • You will mentor and coach a small team of high-caliber engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment. Your leadership will be key in driving positive change through technical vision and innovative solutions, setting a high bar for engineering excellence.
• • This position requires a strong affinity for software-driven engineering and automation, with a focus on building efficient and maintainable systems. You will partner closely with senior business and functional leaders to define and execute technical direction, ensuring that technology solutions effectively support and advance Humana's mission.
• • You will be tasked with delivering business-critical systems and components with exceptional quality and on-time delivery. This involves leading by example through hands-on platform, backend, and frontend development, actively participating in code reviews, and providing constructive feedback to peers.
• • A significant part of your role will be to investigate and propose new ideas, frameworks, technologies, or processes that can enhance our development capabilities and product offerings. You will be expected to stay abreast of emerging trends in software engineering, cloud computing, and AI/ML to drive continuous improvement.
• • You will play a crucial role in designing solutions architecture, building scalable web platforms, and developing robust RESTful APIs. Experience with infrastructure and security as code is essential for maintaining secure and efficient cloud environments.
• • The role involves working with Azure Cloud Services, leveraging their capabilities for building and deploying applications. You will also be instrumental in building high-performing teams, nurturing talent, and promoting best practices in software development.
• • You will contribute to the development of agentic AI processes and explore opportunities for integrating machine learning and artificial intelligence into our solutions, demonstrating a strong understanding of AI development operations.
• • Your responsibilities will extend to collaborating with cross-functional teams, including ARB/TRB and EA/EAI teams, and presenting technical strategies and outcomes effectively. Experience working within Centers of Excellence (COEs) and executing playbooks will be valuable.
• • You will be expected to work with autonomy, driving tasks to completion while collaborating effectively on architectural and process decisions. Comfort in giving and receiving feedback is paramount for fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• • The ability to think on your feet and conceptualize solutions from evolving requirements is critical. You will be responsible for hitting deadlines and communicating progress and challenges clearly and proactively to stakeholders.
• • This role offers a unique opportunity to leverage your extensive experience in cloud-based services and full-stack development to make a tangible impact on the health and well-being of millions of people, embodying Humana's commitment to putting health first.