Sr Software Engineer

Humana

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Become a part of our caring community Humana Wellness IT is seeking a Sr Software Engineer who is smart, curious and loves the challenge of solving problems that improve people's lives. The Sr Software Engineer designs, develops, and delivers high‑quality software solutions that address complex business and technical challenges. This role requires deep hands‑on development experience combined with a strong understanding of application and system architecture, ensuring solutions align with enterprise standards while remaining practical, scalable, and maintainable. This position requires a presence/physical residence in or within commutable distance of one of the following market locations: Louisville, KY, Dallas/Frisco, TX, Ft Lauderdale/Tampa, FL, or Nashville, TN. The Sr Software Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and delivering high‑quality software solutions that support complex business needs. This role is highly hands‑on and requires strong proficiency in modern web and cloud technologies, distributed systems, and API‑driven architectures, combined with a solid understanding of application and system design. The Sr Software Engineer performs technical planning, contributes to system and application design, and builds scalable, reliable, and secure solutions using established engineering best practices. This role independently makes decisions on moderately complex to complex technical challenges, exercises significant autonomy in implementation, and collaborates closely with architects, product owners, and cross‑functional teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, testing, and maintaining software applications and/or supporting infrastructure
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience developing applications using Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• Experience building modern, maintainable front‑end applications using Vue.js or equivalent frameworks
• Strong experience designing and implementing RESTful and GraphQL APIs
• Demonstrated experience building, deploying, and operating cloud‑based solutions on Microsoft Azure

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• Microsoft Azure cloud certifications demonstrating advanced knowledge of cloud architecture, development, or operations.
• Working knowledge of Kafka or similar distributed messaging and event‑streaming platforms
• Experience working in Agile development environments, including Scrum or Kanban, with a focus on iterative delivery and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain production‑grade applications using Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript
• Build responsive and maintainable user interfaces using Vue.js or similar modern frameworks
• Design, develop, and consume RESTful APIs and GraphQL APIs to support scalable and loosely coupled systems
• Build and integrate cloud‑native solutions on Microsoft Azure, leveraging appropriate platform and application services
• Design and implement event‑driven and distributed systems, including Kafka‑based messaging and streaming solutions
• Contribute to architectural decisions, evaluating technical trade‑offs to ensure scalability, performance, security, and maintainability
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards while remaining delivery‑focused and pragmatic
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across application and infrastructure layers
• Provide technical leadership through code reviews, design discussions, and mentorship of less‑experienced engineers
• Collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams and communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Influence departmental technical direction and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
• Use your skills to make an impact

Benefits

• 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
• many other opportunities

What This Job Offers

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