Humana

Lead Software Engineer – Next Best Action

Humana

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: ColoradoFloridaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $129,300 - $177,800 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Architect and deliver foundational services for real-time recommendations
  • Own design and implementation of State Machine and Transactional Outbox
  • Ensure robust, traceable, and high-performance solutions
  • Collaborate with platform, data, and product teams
  • Mentor peers and set technical standards
  • Lead design reviews and establish development standards
  • Utilize AI tools for engineering processes

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8 years in backend/platform service development; at least 3 years in a senior or lead role overseeing mission-critical systems.
  • Advanced proficiency in Node.js/TypeScript, Python, and/or Java/Kotlin.
  • Direct experience with Transactional Outbox patterns, idempotent consumers, and exactly-once delivery mechanisms.
  • Strong expertise in relational modeling (Postgres/MySQL), query optimization, and partitioning.
  • Skilled in TypeORM (Node.js) and/or JPA/Hibernate/jOOQ (Java/Kotlin); experienced in zero-downtime migrations.
  • Deep understanding of transactions, isolation levels, locking, and backpressure in high-throughput environments.
  • Experience developing contract-first APIs (OpenAPI), managing schema versioning, and ensuring backward compatibility.
Benefits
  • Medical, dental and vision benefits
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan
  • Time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Life insurance and many other opportunities
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Hard Skills & Tools
Node.jsTypeScriptPythonJavaKotlinTransactional OutboxPostgresMySQLTypeORMJPA
Soft Skills
mentoringcollaborationleadershipdesign reviewssetting technical standards