Description
We are seeking an expert Lead Software Engineer with deep expertise and hands-on experience in building, designing, and engineering solutions for logging and observability engineering. As a Lead Software Engineer, you will create and drive the design, implementation, and evolution of our observability and logging platforms. You’ll lead enterprise-scale initiatives, mentor engineers, and collaborate across disciplines to ensure our systems are reliable, scalable, and performant.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and optimize observability environments through software engineering best practices.
- Build automation scripts and tools to streamline observability instrumentation and deployment.
- Integrate observability into CI/CD pipelines using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and configuration management tools.
- Conduct observability code reviews and implement automated validation checks.
- Build AI-native tools for autonomous issue detection and resolution.
- Lead the design of distributed systems focused on reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Manage data routing, transformation, and endpoint monitoring integrations.
- Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Collaborate across teams to align observability strategies with business goals.
- Communicate technical insights and recommendations to leadership.
Required Qualifications
- Associate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 7+ years in software/infrastructure engineering with observability/logging focus.
- 3+ years in hands-on observability design and engineering solution.
- 2+ years hands-on experience with AI Development.
- 2+ years hands-on experience developing data logging solutions.
- 2+ years Automation experience.
- 2+ years Maturing/Scaling Observability.
- Strong foundation in operating systems, networking, algorithms, and distributed systems.
- Proven leadership and mentoring experience.
- Agile delivery experience and strategic thinking around observability maturity.
- Expertise with Splunk Cloud Enterprise & ES (SPL, dashboards, correlation searches, data models).
Additional Information
- This position follows a remote work style, however, the candidate must live a commutable distance to one of our designated IT locations: Louisville, KY; Tampa, FL; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Dallas, TX; Washington, D.C.
- 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 required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested.
- Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
- 40
Pay Range
- $129,300 - $177,800 per year
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.