Lead Data Engineer

About the Role

Employment Type: Full time

Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first. Do you consider yourself a data connoisseur? Are you excited about all the advancements with AI? Do you want to transform the industry by integrating cutting edge technologies into common business processes? Do you crave new challenges and enjoy solving hard customer problems? As a data engineer at Humana, you will merge the latest state, federal, and enterprise policies with the latest technologies to create new, compliance-focused products and processes. Come help us re-imagine our department to provide streamlined, world-class solutions to drive data governance and protection.

Job Description Summary

Humana is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to drive innovation in data management, governance, and protection. This role integrates advanced technologies—including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and cloud-native platforms—with state, federal, and enterprise policies to deliver compliance-focused products and streamlined business solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data architectures to efficiently convert structured and unstructured data into actionable insights.
• Ingest data from diverse internal and external sources, leveraging cloud-native platforms and adhering to software development best practices.
• Develop and implement advanced tools utilizing AI, ML, and big data techniques to cleanse, organize, and transform data.
• Advise leadership on functional strategies and data-driven decision making, ensuring alignment with enterprise goals and compliance requirements.
• Exercise independent judgment and manage complex tasks with minimal supervision.
• Lead and mentor sub-teams of developers and engineers to achieve team and enterprise objectives.
• Use your skills to make an impact.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with cloud-native platforms, big data technologies, and modern software engineering practices.
• Proven expertise in AI and machine learning integration for data processing and analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex data challenges and deliver scalable solutions.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with experience advising executives and managing technical teams.
• Deep understanding of data governance, compliance, and protection standards.

Why Humana?

You'll experience the following perks as a full-time Humana employee: Humana offers a variety of benefits to promote the best health and well-being of our employees and their families. We design competitive and flexible packages to give our employees a sense of financial security—both today and in the future, including:

• Health benefits effective day 1
• Paid time off, holidays, volunteer time and jury duty pay
• Recognition pay
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Tuition assistance
• Scholarships for eligible dependents
• Parental and caregiver leave
• Employee charity matching program
• Network Resource Groups (NRGs)
• Career development opportunities

Interview Format

As part of our hiring process for this opportunity, we will be using an interviewing technology called HireVue to enhance our hiring and decision-making ability. HireVue allows us to quickly connect and gain valuable information from you pertaining to your relevant skills and experience at a time that is best for your schedule.

Work-At-Home Requirements

To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ 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 required; 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