Senior Full Stack Engineer
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Become a part of our caring community Become a part of our caring community Join Humana as a Senior Full Stack Engineer and help shape digital health care experiences that make a meaningful impact for members, providers, and care teams. You will work with modern technologies in a collaborative environment where engineering excellence, scalability, accessibility, and security are central to every solution.
In this role, you will partner closely with Product, UX, Research, Architects, and other engineering teams to deliver intuitive, reliable, and high-value digital capabilities. We are looking for experienced engineers who can lead by example, solve complex problems across the stack, and contribute to a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.
If you are passionate about building technology that improves health care experiences at scale, Humana Digital offers an opportunity to do meaningful work with talented teams and modern engineering practices. The Senior Full Stack Engineer is a pivotal member of the software development team, deeply engaged in every phase of the development lifecycle.
This role encompasses a broad spectrum of responsibilities, including front-end development to create intuitive and responsive user interfaces, back-end development for building reliable and efficient server-side logic, seamless integration with databases, as well as management of network infrastructure and hosting environments.
Additionally, the engineer focuses on enhancing user experience by optimizing system performance and usability across all platforms. In this capacity, the Senior Full Stack Engineer independently tackles complex technical challenges, applying expert problem-solving skills and sound technical judgment to deliver high-quality solutions.
The role involves making critical decisions on moderately complex to highly complex project elements, often without direct supervision. The engineer exercises considerable discretion in setting project objectives, choosing appropriate technologies, and devising innovative approaches to meet business goals.
Beyond technical execution, the Senior Full Stack Engineer influences the strategic direction of the engineering department by providing technical leadership, mentoring junior team members, and contributing to architectural and design discussions.
Collaboration with cross-functional teams—including product management, quality assurance, and operations—is vital to ensure alignment with organizational objectives and to foster continuous improvement. The engineer remains adaptable to changing requirements and emerging industry best practices, ensuring that solutions are both current and forward-looking.
This role demands a balance of deep technical expertise, strategic vision, and leadership capabilities to drive the successful delivery of scalable, maintainable, and robust software solutions. The Full Stack Software Engineer will: Work with a team of developers with deep experience in frontend technologies, distributed microservices, and full stack systems Work across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions in full-stack development tools and technologies Work with cloud native stack, build on Azure, AWS, or Google, use technologies like Kubernetes Write effective REST APIs and technical documentation Write automated test cases to ensure correctness, responsiveness, and efficiency of the software product Provide expertise to influence project, initiative, and maintenance technical direction during discovery, planning, and implementation stages.
Maintain modern development standards with best-practice approaches and development processes Use your skills to make an impact Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field 6 or more years of experience designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining software applications and/or infrastructure.
Strong full stack engineering experience across modern front-end, back-end, and database technologies. 4 or more years of experience with modern front-end technologies and frameworks such as Vue.js, ReactJS, TypeScript, and Node.js. 3 or more years of technical proficiency in one or more programming languages or platforms such as Node.js, Java, .NET , or similar technologies.
Experience designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions across all layers of the application stack, including user interface, user experience, server-side logic, APIs, databases, and hosting environments. Knowledge of Azure Cloud Services or equivalent cloud platforms, including cloud-based application development, deployment, and troubleshooting.
Experience with unit testing frameworks such as Jest, Mocha, Jasmine, React Testing Library, JUnit, NUnit , or similar, including automated unit test development and maintenance. Experience participating in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, technical design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and production support.
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to define technical requirements, align on solution design, and deliver project objectives. Experience conducting code reviews, applying engineering best practices, and providing technical guidance to peers and junior engineers.
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve complex technical issues across front-end, back-end, database, and infrastructure components. Strong understanding of security, performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability best practices
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field Experience with Adobe Experience Platform Experience with Generative AI tools and AI platforms on GCP, Azure
- other cloud environments Additional Information Location: This is a hybrid position requiring approximately 1–3 days per week in the office.
- Candidates may be based in Dallas, TX; Louisville, KY; or Chicago, IL.
- At Humana, we know your well-being is important to you, and it's important to us too.
- That's why we're committed to making resources available to you that will enable you to become happier, healthier, and more productive in all areas of your life.
- Just to name a few: Work-Life Balance Generous PTO package Health benefits effective day 1 Annual Incentive Plan 401K - Excellent company match Well-being program Paid Volunteer Time Off If you share our passion for helping people, we likely have the right place for you at Humana.
- Work-At-Home Requirements To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is recommended
- wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership.
- Employees who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.
- Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.
- Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.
- Interview Format As part of our hiring process for this opportunity, we will be using an interviewing technology called HireVue to enhance our hiring and decision-making ability.
- HireVue allows us to quickly connect and gain valuable information from you pertaining to your relevant skills and experience at a time that is best for your schedule.
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- Please be aware that applicants may be asked to provide their Social Security Number, if it is not already on file.
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- Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Pay Range The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting.
- The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc. $106,900 - $147,000 per year This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan.
- This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.
- Description of Benefits Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being.
- Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work.
- Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 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 and many other opportunities.
- About Us About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company.
- Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it.
- These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.
- Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.
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