As a Software Engineer 2, you9ll play a key role in building modern, scalable solutions that directly improve health outcomes and consumer experiences. You9ll join a highly collaborative, agile engineering organization where your ideas matter, your code ships fast, and your work has impact.
What You9ll Do- Design, build, and deliver high-quality software solutions that power healthcare and wellness experiences.
- Build and maintain mission-critical APIs that power Humana9s Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) ecosystem, ensuring our members, partners, and internal systems can access accurate, real-time data at scale.
- Develop and optimize high-performance backend services, with a focus on reliability, security, and maintainability.
- Work hands-on across the full development lifecycle, coding, testing, debugging, optimizing, and deploying production-ready systems.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, accelerate coding tasks, enhance documentation quality, support testing activities, and improve overall engineering effectiveness.
- Utilize enterprise-approved AI solutions such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and similar tools to assist with code generation, code review, troubleshooting, refactoring, and knowledge discovery while maintaining engineering quality and accountability for delivered solutions.
- Raise the bar on engineering quality, helping develop robust testing strategies, tooling, automation, AI-assisted development practices, and engineering standards.
- Investigate and resolve complex technical issues, identifying root causes and implementing long-term fixes.
- Collaborate within a cross-functional agile team, partnering with product, architecture, and QA to create solutions aligned with business and consumer needs.
- Apply your engineering expertise to make independent decisions and solve ambiguous problems with minimal guidance.
- Seek opportunities to modernize legacy components, improve system resilience and performance, enhance backend observability and developer experience, and identify ways AI and automation can accelerate modernization efforts and reduce technical debt.
- Contribute to an engineering culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and relentless improvement of the consumer journey.
Use your skills to make an impact Required Qualifications- Bachelor9s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
- 3-5 years of hands-on experience in software development, systems analysis, or application programming
- Strong coding skills and familiarity with modern development practices (CI/CD, cloud platforms, automated testing, agile methodologies)
- Experience using modern developer productivity tools, including AI-assisted coding, documentation, and testing solutions
- Ability to effectively leverage AI-generated recommendations while exercising sound engineering judgment, code ownership, and quality standards
- A passion for building elegant, reliable, user-centric software
- A growth mindset and a desire to contribute to a mission-driven organization focused on improving healthcare
Preferred Qualifications- Master9s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Experience with enterprise-scale cloud technologies, distributed systems, or microservices
- Exposure to healthcare, wellness, or regulated industries (not required)
- Familiarity with AI-assisted software engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, ChatGPT Enterprise, or similar enterprise-grade development platforms
- Experience leveraging AI tools to improve software development, automated testing, technical documentation, debugging, or application modernization efforts
- Experience using AI-assisted workflows to accelerate learning, onboarding, troubleshooting, and delivery of software solutions
Additional InformationWork-At-Home Requirements
To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees9 ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria:
At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested
Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership.
Employees who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.
Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.
Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.
Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.
Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana9s offices for training or meetings may be required.
Scheduled Weekly Hours40
Pay RangeThe compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.
$80,900 - $110,300 per year
This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.
Description of BenefitsHumana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, 4Humana4) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides 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 and many other opportunities.
