Principal, AI Engineer - Enablement

Humana • Louisville, KY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Become a part of our caring community At Humana, we are redefining what it means to enable productivity and efficiency for our community of developers, engineers, and business partners. The Engineering & AI Enablement organization brings together top talent and leading-edge practices to build, deliver, and support AI-powered IT productivity solutions that empower our enterprise. As a Principal, within Humana's AI Enablement team, you will serve as the senior technical leader for platform engineering, AI enablement, and enterprise software delivery initiatives. Reporting to the Director, AI Enablement, you will drive strategy and architecture for AI developer tools and products—playing a key role in advancing Humana’s technology ecosystem with generative AI, automation, and intelligent agents. Key Responsibilities Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field; equivalent work experience may be considered.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years of hands-on software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in principal or architect-level roles delivering enterprise-scale AI and full stack solutions.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing platform engineering for developer tools, AI enablement, and complex software delivery pipelines.
• Extensive experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and platforms such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, Artifactory, and SonarQube.
• Proven track record collaborating across multiple teams and functions to deliver high-impact AI solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to articulate strategy, architecture, and technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience mentoring and developing engineering teams in Agile environments.
• Strong proficiency in .NET and Python; familiarity with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React or Angular).
• Deep experience with cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP), APIs, containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related discipline.
• Direct experience architecting and delivering AI-powered products and developer platforms.
• Hands-on expertise with prompt engineering, large language models, and emerging AI trends.
• Familiarity with GitOps, rapid prototyping, and managing operational processes for large-scale internal customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform engineering efforts to enable advanced AI developer tools and capabilities for Humana’s enterprise engineering teams.
• Architect and drive end-to-end solutions that integrate AI, automation, and intelligent agents to support software delivery and productivity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners including Leadership, Engineers, Product Owners, and business stakeholders to mature use cases, define technical requirements, and deliver impactful solutions.
• Provide technical strategy, oversight, and guidance for Enterprise AI Chatbot product development
• Mentor and coach engineering staff, fostering a culture of innovation, inclusivity, and technical excellence.
• Educate and enable teams across Humana on emerging AI technologies, best practices, and architectural patterns.
• Ensure operational excellence in code quality, artifact management, and security for AI platforms and tools.
• Support rapid prototyping and strategic initiatives alongside product and engineering leads.

Benefits

• Humana provides medical, dental and 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 and many other opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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