Principal Software Engineer

Humana Inc. is a leading U.S. healthcare company that delivers care and services to millions. The Principal Software Engineer will provide strategic advice, lead complex software projects, mentor talent, and shape platform architecture within the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Advise SVP and executive technology leaders on engineering strategy, platform health, delivery risks, architectural decisions, and modernization opportunities
• Personally contribute to critical engineering work by designing, coding, testing, reviewing, and deploying capabilities across enterprise platforms, integration layers, and production systems
• Mentor associate engineers, contractors, and delivery teams through code reviews, pairing, technical design discussions, and best-practice coaching
• Coordinate engineering outcomes across matrixed internal teams, vendors, architects, product owners, and business partners
• Partner with business and IT leadership to define the product/platform roadmap, identify funding needs, prioritize engineering investments, and challenge decisions that create technical debt, operational risk, or misalignment with enterprise transformation goals

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field
• 10 or more years of technical experience
• 2 - 5 years of project/people leadership
• Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences
• 1+ years exp building and optimizing AI-driven pipelines
• Master's or Doctorate's degree