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Dallas, Texas, United States
Remote only
About the Role
We’re looking for an expert Lead Software Engineer with deep expertise/hands on experience in building, designing and engineering solutions for logging and observability engineering. You should be fluent in the principles of open telemetry, log ingestion, and event correlation across distributed systems. While familiarity with platforms like Splunk or Dynatrace is a plus, we value Observability platform-agnostic thinking and the ability to design resilient, scalable logging solutions using the best-fit tools for the environment.
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. Applying deep technical expertise to solve real-world challenges. You’ll work closely with SRE, Security, Networking, Platform Engineering, and Data Science teams to evolve our observability strategy using AI/ML and cloud-native technologies.
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
o Scaled and complex Data onboarding (HEC, UF, TA development)
o Integration with SNOW, SOAR, ITSM/SecOps tools
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 Laurderdale FL; Dallas, TX; Washington, D.C;
Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
40Pay 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.
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.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.