Director of Platform Engineering

Humana • Washington, DC

2d • Remote

About The Position

As the Director Platform Engineering, you will lead a team of highly skilled engineers responsible for designing, building, executing, maintaining and defining the product strategy for the foundational technology stacks that power our healthcare solutions. You will play a critical role in ensuring the scalability, reliability, and performance of our systems, enabling us to deliver innovative and impactful healthcare services to millions of patients. This role will provide technical leadership across Humana's subsidiaries.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering or infrastructure management
• 5 years directly leading engineering teams.
• 2+ years of experience deploying compute platform technologies, including virtualization, middleware technologies, cloud, database and storage.
• 2+ years experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) and infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Ansible).

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven track record of building and scaling high-performance distributed systems.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Experience in the healthcare industry is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a long-term compute platform product strategy aligned with the company's overall business objectives.
• Recruit, hire, and develop a talented team of engineers. Provide mentorship and guidance to foster a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Oversee the design, architecture, and implementation of compute platforms, including virtualization and middleware technologies across Humana subsidiaries.
• Continuously monitor and optimize the performance of compute platforms to ensure high availability, low latency, and scalability.
• Implement robust security measures and compliance frameworks to protect patient data and meet industry regulations.
• Manage compute platform costs effectively while balancing performance and reliability requirements.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in the compute platform space. Identify opportunities to leverage new technologies to improve our systems and services.
• Use your skills to make an impact

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision benefits
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
• short-term and long-term disability
• life insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees