Humana · 5 hours ago
Lead Automation Engineer –Next Best Action (NBA) Platform
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$129K/yr - $178K/yr
8+ years expHumana Inc. is committed to putting health first and is seeking a Lead Automation Engineer to establish and guide a sophisticated quality and test automation function for a large-scale, real-time decisioning platform. This role involves spearheading AI-driven automation methods to validate decision logic and enhance system reliability.
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Responsibilities
Develop and own the comprehensive automation strategy for a distributed, real-time decisioning platform, including:
API and service-level validation
Stateful workflow and lifecycle testing
Rules and policy-based logic verification
Machine learning-assisted ranking and scoring
Design scalable automation frameworks that support platform growth and continuous integration
Lead the implementation of AI-assisted and agentic automation techniques to:
Generate and refine test cases from API contracts, schemas, and production data
Automatically explore edge cases through complex state transitions and decision paths
Minimize test maintenance using self-healing and adaptive automation
Enhance regression efficiency with intelligent test selection
Utilize advanced tools such as:
Large Language Model (LLM)-based test generation and validation
Agent-driven test execution and environment checks
AI-supported failure analysis and root cause identification
Emphasize practical, production-ready AI adoption
Build and maintain resilient automation suites to validate:
Decision accuracy and ranking stability
State consistency across distributed systems
Deterministic behavior under diverse conditions
Fallback and error-handling scenarios
Develop reusable automation components for adoption by multiple engineering teams
Integrate automation processes into CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable feedback
Ensure automated validation supports:
Explainability (clarity on decision outcomes)
Reproducibility (consistent results given identical inputs)
Auditability (transparent traceability of logic and versions)
Collaborate with engineering teams to design systems that are testable, observable, and robust
Leverage production telemetry and logs to inform and refine automation strategies
Serve as the technical leader for automation and quality engineering, establishing standards and best practices
Mentor and support automation engineers across teams
Partner closely with software, data, and machine learning engineering teams to embed quality early in the development lifecycle
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in test automation or quality engineering
3+ years in a lead or senior automation engineering role
Extensive experience testing: Distributed systems and real-time APIs, Stateful and event-driven architectures
Practical experience with AI-assisted development or automation tools (e.g., LLM-based test/code generation, intelligent debugging, agent-driven workflows)
Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, TypeScript)
Preferred
Experience testing personalization, recommendation, or decisioning platforms
Familiarity with rules engines, policy systems, or eligibility logic
Background in validating machine learning-enabled systems
Experience in regulated or high-reliability environments
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision benefits
401(k) retirement savings plan
Time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
Short-term and long-term disability
Life insurance
Company
Humana
Humana is a health insurance provider for individuals, families, and businesses.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Jim Rechtin
CEO and President
Colin Drylie
Senior Vice President, Experience Transformation
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