Lead Full Stack Engineer,AI Solutions Job Washington area,District of Columbia USA,Software Development

Lead Full Stack Engineer, Ai Solutions

Humana is seeking a Lead Full Stack Engineer, AI Solutions to lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable digital platforms and AI-enabled solutions across enterprise environments. This role combines hands-on full stack engineering leadership with forward-deployed problem solving, partnering closely with business leaders, architects, and cross-functional teams to translate complex, evolving requirements into secure, production-grade systems.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience across front-end and back-end development, cloud-native architecture, platform engineering, and modern AI/ML operations. This person will lead technical direction, mentor engineers, and work directly with stakeholders to build high-quality solutions that improve business outcomes and align with enterprise standards, governance, and modernization initiatives.

This position requires a physical presence in one of the following market locations:
Louisville, KY;
Dallas, TX;
Washington, DC; or Chicago, IL.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead technical architecture, solution design, and engineering vision for business-critical platforms and AI-enabled applications
Serve as a senior technical leader across all stages of software development, including front-end development, back-end development, database integrations, APIs, user experience, hosting, and server management
Translate ambiguous business problems into scalable, production-ready solutions by partnering with business leaders, solution owners, and enterprise technology teams
Drive discovery and workflow mapping to identify automation opportunities, evaluate technical feasibility, and define success metrics
Design and prototype cloud-native and AI-enabled solutions, including application architecture, system integrations, deployment patterns, and operational models
Build and deploy production-grade applications, RESTful APIs, AI/ML pipelines, and distributed services using approved enterprise technology patterns
Lead by example through hands-on engineering across platform, backend, frontend, and mobile technologies
Mentor and coach a small team of high-performing engineers, fostering technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement
Review code, pull requests, and architecture decisions, providing constructive and actionable feedback
Evaluate problems strategically and tactically, using strong problem-solving skills, data structures, and algorithms to determine the best course of action
Partner with senior business and functional leaders to define technical direction and support enterprise decision-making
Collaborate with architecture, review, and governance teams, including ARB/TRB and EA/EAI stakeholders, to align solutions with enterprise standards
Support implementation of Cloud 3.0 and modernization design patterns, including onboarding, development readiness, deployment, troubleshooting, and security alignment
Ensure solutions comply with enterprise processes for architecture review, AI governance, cloud onboarding, and operational readiness
Investigate and recommend new technologies, frameworks, tools, and engineering practices that improve speed, quality, scalability, and maintainability
Optimize systems based on stakeholder and user feedback, and document workflows and implementation details for operational handoff and long-term support
Contribute insights from delivery experiences back to internal product, platform, and architecture teams to improve reusable enterprise capabilities

Use Your Skills To Make An Impact

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
8+ years of progressive IT experience, including senior-level software engineering experience on large-scale technology initiatives
2+ years of project or technical leadership experience
Demonstrated ability to lead significant design and development efforts with minimal supervision
Experience building scalable web platforms, enterprise applications, and highly available web services
Strong full stack engineering experience across modern front-end and back-end technologies
Tech lead-level proficiency in one or more programming languages and frameworks such as Type Script, Node.js, Java, Spring/Spring Boot, Vue.js, Angular, or similar
Experience with React Native
Experience with JSON, RESTful web services, client-server interactions, and microservices patterns
Experience designing solution architecture and delivering secure, scalable cloud-native systems
Knowledge of Azure Cloud Services or equivalent cloud platforms
Experience with infrastructure and security as code
Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and AKS
Demonstrated experience with machine learning and artificial intelligence development operations, including implementing, maintaining, and monitoring ML/AI pipelines using industry-standard tools and frameworks
Strong understanding of Agentic AI concepts and processes
Ability to work effectively with incomplete and…