Lead Full Stack Engineer

Humana

Lead Full Stack Engineer for Humana ensuring operational health of NBA platform. Focus on platform reliability and coding production-ready solutions.

Posted 7/18/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $155,200 - $213,400 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in platform reliability, including uptime, performance, and resilience, while actively engaging in hands-on development and automated testing infrastructure. Proven ability to lead teams, manage contractor resources, and ensure quality through effective communication and error management practices.

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Platform Reliability EngineeringAutomated Testing InfrastructureObservability PracticesError Handling PatternsTeam Leadership

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Hard Skills

Full Stack Software EngineeringJavaPythonNode.jsTypeScriptIntegration TestingLoad TestingEnd-to-End TestingError ManagementScalability Engineering

Soft Skills

Strong Communication Skills

Tools & Technologies

LoggingAlertingMonitoring Stack

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Industry Keywords

Project LeadershipQuality AssuranceSite Reliability EngineeringConsumer Experience Improvement

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsJavaJavaScriptNode.jsPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Platform reliability - own uptime, performance, and resilience across NBA platform services; identify and resolve bottlenecks, failure points, and scaling constraints before they become incidents
Hands-on development - actively write and ship production code alongside your team; this is not a supervisory role
Testing frameworks - build and maintain automated testing infrastructure across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers; establish testing standards and ensure pods are handing off code that meets the bar
Observability and logging - own the platform's logging, alerting, and monitoring stack; ensure the team has visibility into what the system is doing in production at all times
Error management - design and enforce error handling patterns across platform services; ensure failures are caught, logged, surfaced, and resolved systematically
Scalability engineering - evaluate platform components under load and lead efforts to ensure the system scales reliably as member volume and data throughput grow
Handoff and quality gates - define and enforce the criteria pods must meet before handing off new services or features; own the process that gets code from delivery to production safely
Contractor management - manage quality and reliability engineers within your pod; set expectations, review work, and hold the team to standards
Cross-pod coordination - work closely with all delivery pod leads to catch quality and reliability concerns early; be the voice that asks how something breaks before it ships

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
2+ years of project leadership experience
6+ years of full stack software engineering experience with at least 1-2 years focused on platform reliability, software quality, or site reliability engineering
8+ years of progressive tech experience as a senior developer in large tech projects
Hands-on experience building and owning testing infrastructure - automated test suites, integration testing, load testing, and end-to-end coverage
Strong understanding of observability practices: structured logging, distributed tracing, metrics, and alerting
Experience designing and enforcing error handling and failure management patterns across distributed systems
Proven ability to lead a small team or pod through delivery and manage contractor resources
Comfortable reading and working across a polyglot stack - the NBA platform spans Java, Python, Node.js, and TypeScript
Strong communication skills - you can clearly articulate quality risk to engineering leads and to senior leadership
Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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