Backend Engineer - Health Tech APIs; Remote

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and deliver high‑quality software solutions that power healthcare and wellness experiences.
• Build and maintain mission‑critical APIs that power Humana’s Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) ecosystem, ensuring members, partners, and internal systems can access accurate, real‑time data at scale.
• Develop and optimise high‑performance backend services with a focus on reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Work hands‑on across the full development lifecycle—coding, testing, debugging, optimising, and deploying production‑ready systems.
• Raise the bar on engineering quality by developing robust testing strategies, tooling, automation, and standards.
• Investigate and resolve complex technical issues, identifying root causes and implementing long‑term fixes.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional agile teams, partnering with product, architecture, and QA to create solutions aligned with business and consumer needs.
• Apply engineering expertise to make independent decisions and solve ambiguous problems with minimal guidance.
• Seek opportunities to modernise legacy components, improve system resilience, performance, and backend observability and developer experience.
• Contribute to an engineering culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and relentless improvement of the consumer journey.

• 3–5 years of hands‑on experience in software development, systems analysis, or application programming.
• Strong coding skills and familiarity with modern development practices (CI/CD, cloud platforms, automated testing, agile methodologies).
• A passion for building elegant, reliable, user‑centric software.
• A growth mindset and a desire to contribute to a mission‑driven organisation focused on improving healthcare.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.

• Work‑Life Balance
• Generous PTO package
• Health benefits effective day 1
• Annual Incentive Plan
• 401(k) with excellent company match
• Well‑being programme
• Paid Volunteer Time Off

Humana offers competitive benefits that support whole‑person well‑being, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) retirement savings, paid time off, holidays, volunteer time, parental and caregiver leave, short‑term and long‑term disability, and life insurance.

40 hours per week.

$80,900 - $110,300 per year with a bonus incentive plan based on company and/or individual performance.

Remote. Occasional travel to Humana’s offices may be required.

Humana is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of Humana applies to all employment actions, including recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, pay and other forms of compensation, and selection for training.