Lead Full Stack Engineer

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We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Full Stack Engineer to drive engineering excellence across front-end, back-end, API, and data layers.

This role is responsible for setting technical direction, ensuring consistent delivery across teams, and aligning engineering solutions with business priorities. The ideal candidate will be a strong technical leader who thrives in complex environments, drives modernization initiatives, and develops high-performing engineering talent.

This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of our engineering landscape, influence enterprise-scale decisions, and lead transformation initiatives that directly impact customer experience and business growth.

Location: Louisville, KY or Dallas, TX (Work At Home with occasional office visits)

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Strategy

• Lead full stack engineering strategy and execution across UI, APIs, and data platforms.
• Define architectural direction and ensure high standards for code quality, scalability, and maintainability.
• Select frameworks, languages, and platforms across front-end, back-end, APIs, and data layers.
• Approve architectural patterns (monolith vs. microservices, cloud strategy, and integrations).
• Identify opportunities to refactor, modernize, or retire legacy systems.

Delivery Execution & Prioritization

• Drive consistent delivery across multiple engineering teams through:
  • Sprint planning and execution.
  • Dependency management.
  • Risk mitigation.
  • Removal of technical and organizational blockers.
• Prioritize feature development, platform investments, and technical debt across teams.
• Make trade-offs on scope, timelines, and resource allocation.
• Balance short-term business needs with long-term platform health.
• Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery that builds stakeholder confidence.

Quality, Security & Risk Management

• Define and enforce quality standards including testing, code reviews, and performance benchmarks.
• Establish release readiness criteria and approve production deployments.
• Guide security, compliance, and data protection strategies.
• Mitigate risk and ensure system stability, reliability, and regulatory alignment.

Production Support & Incident Leadership

• Serve as the senior escalation point for critical system issues.
• Diagnose and resolve complex cross-stack production incidents.
• Lead decisions during incidents (rollback, hotfix, or root-cause remediation).
• Direct engineering resources during high-severity events.
• Drive long-term solutions to reduce incident frequency and improve system resilience.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence

• Partner with Product, UX, QA, Platform teams, Architects, Directors, and VPs to:
  • Shape roadmaps and align priorities.
  • Translate business requirements into technical execution plans.
  • Refine requirements and reduce ambiguity.
  • Coordinate cross-team dependencies.
• Advocate for clarity and feasibility in requirements, addressing risks early.
• Influence strategic direction, technical investments, and delivery expectations.
• Communicate risks, trade-offs, and system impacts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Operational Excellence & Investment Decisions

• Drive decisions on investment in automation, tooling, observability, and platform improvements.
• Lead initiatives to reduce operational toil and improve developer experience.
• Optimize engineering processes to increase efficiency and scalability.

Talent Development & Team Leadership

• Mentor and develop tech leads and senior engineers.
• Provide ongoing coaching, feedback, and performance guidance.
• Identify promotion readiness and address performance gaps.
• Influence hiring strategies and succession planning.
• Build and sustain high-performing, engaged engineering teams.

Strategic Initiatives

• Lead application rationalization efforts, including:
  • Onboarding to new APIs.
  • Eliminating vendor-based products.
• Guide Cloud 3.0 migration initiatives:
  • Lead lift-and-shift efforts from Cloud 1.0 to Cloud 3.0 infrastructure.
  • Support modernization toward cloud-native architectures.

Use your skills to make an impact

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (Master's preferred).
• 8 years of progressive IT experience, including senior-level development on large-scale systems.
• 2 years of experience leading engineering teams or major technical initiatives.
• Proven experience in full stack development (UI, backend services, APIs, data layers).
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns and cloud platforms.
• Passion for improving consumer experiences through technology.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience with:
  • Java, .NET, Python.
  • Typescript, AngularJS, VueJS.
  • Full-stack development across UI, APIs, and backend services.
  • Experience with distributed systems, cloud architecture, and modern DevOps practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• AZ-900 or other cloud certification.
• Experience with cloud migration and modernization initiatives.
• Exposure to large-scale enterprise environments and distributed systems.

Additional Information

Interview Format: As part of our hiring process for this opportunity, we will be using an interviewing technology called HireVue.

Work-At-Home Requirements:

• Minimum download speed of 25 Mbps and upload speed of 10 Mbps required.
• 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.

Pay Range: $129,300 - $177,800 per year (plus bonus incentive).

Equal Opportunity Employer: Humana is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or religion.