Lead Full Stack Engineer

Humana • Louisville, KY

15h • $129,300 - $177,800 • Remote

About The Position

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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)

Requirements

• 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
• Strong experience with Java and Spring Boot for backend and microservices development
• Proficiency in frontend technologies including JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
• Hands-on experience with .NET application development
• Full-stack development expertise across UI, APIs, and backend services
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud-based architectures
• Experience implementing modern DevOps practices (CI/CD, automation, containerization, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Python for scripting, backend development, or data processing
• AZ-900 or other cloud certification
• Experience with cloud migration and modernization initiatives
• Exposure to large-scale enterprise environments and distributed systems

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior