Principal AI Engineer – Agentic AI

Humana • Louisville, KY

6d • $172,200 - $236,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

Become a part of our caring community Join Humana as Principal AI Engineer and lead the hands-on creation of secure, scalable, and innovative agentic AI applications that transform how our teams deliver solutions. Drive the development of production-ready autonomous AI applications in collaboration with engineering and data science, making a direct impact on Humana’s technology evolution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• 10+ years of professional software or platform engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in Python, including building production services and shared libraries used by others.
• Hands-on experience with modern AI systems, including LLM integration, RAG, embeddings, and applied generative AI patterns.
• Strong background in machine learning engineering, including model deployment, monitoring, evaluation, and lifecycle management.
• Expert-level understanding of FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks, and REST/gRPC service design.
• Strong proficiency with cloud-native development on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Minimum 5 years of containerization and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with generative AI tooling (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, PydanticAI, or similar).
• Strong understanding of deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow).
• Experience with distributed systems (Akka, Flink, or similar).
• Prior work building platforms rather than one-off applications.
• A track record of pragmatic decision-making, balancing innovation with maintainability and long-term value.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise design for agentic AI applications, ensuring secure, scalable, and reliable infrastructure.
• Build and maintain developer tools, CI/CD pipelines, and automation for efficient agentic AI application development and deployment.
• Develope and manage cloud-based AI services (GCP preferred), including Kubernetes, security controls, and observability systems.
• Develop robust backend APIs and services in Python to support agentic AI platform functionality and data management.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, set engineering standards, mentor peers, and drive innovation aligned with Humana’s AI technology roadmap.
• 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: Principal