Principal Applied AI Engineer - Humana - New York, NY
Humana
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Become a key driver in shaping the future of AI-powered healthcare. We are looking for a Principal Applied AI Engineer, a technical leader who thrives in ambiguous, high-impact environments and is motivated by solving real problems with pragmatic, elegant, and scalable solutions. This position reports into the AI platform team, ensuring close alignment with platform strategy and delivery. It is for someone who wants autonomy, influence, and the responsibility of setting a high bar for engineering excellence.
Become a key driver in shaping the future of AI-powered healthcare. We are looking for a Principal Applied AI Engineer, a technical leader who thrives in ambiguous, high-impact environments and is motivated by solving real problems with pragmatic, elegant, and scalable solutions. This position reports into the AI platform team, ensuring close alignment with platform strategy and delivery. It is for someone who wants autonomy, influence, and the responsibility of setting a high bar for engineering excellence.
WhatYou'llDo
• Lead the design and build of advanced generative AI systems,spanning LLM-powered applications, multi-agent workflows, RAG, and domain-specific reasoning engines.
• Architect and own robust APIs and platform capabilities that bring AI toreal businessworkflows at enterprise scale.
• Drive the engineering of high-quality data,feature, and evaluation pipelines that support reliable and continuously improving AI behavior.
• Partner with data scientists, platform engineers, and product leaders to transform conceptual ideas into resilient, testable, observable production systems.
• Set engineering standards and elevate team culture, emphasizing clarity, craftsmanship, iteration, and objective measures of excellence.
• Mentor other engineers and guide teams through complex technical decision-making.
• Serve as a thought leader on the practical application of generative AI technologie