Senior Data Scientist

Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first

The Enterprise AI organization at Humana is a pioneering force, driving AI innovation across our Insurance and CenterWell business segments. By collaborating with worldleading experts, we are at the forefront of delivering cuttingedge AI technologies for improving care quality and experience of millions of consumers. We are actively seeking top talent to develop robust and reusable AI modules and pipelines, ensuring adherence to best practices in accountable AI for effective risk management and measurement. Join us in shaping the future of healthcare through AI excellence.

We are seeking a Senior Data Scientist to develop reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our goal is to create safe AI solutions that will revolutionize and improve healthcare experience and outcomes for our customers. Join our rapidly expanding team of dedicated data scientists, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders as we work together to build impactful and beneficial AI systems.

Key Responsibilities

• AI Innovation & Responsible Generative AI
  Design AI solutions using Python, computer vision, and generative models like LLMs and diffusion models. Ensure responsible development aligned with Humana’s ethical standards, focusing on transparency, safety, and realworld impact.

• Agentic AI System Design
  Build autonomous AI agents using frameworks (i.e. LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI) to support reasoning and decisionmaking in healthcare.

• Enterprise Integration & Business Collaboration
  Embed AI into Humana’s systems and workflows. Partner with business teams to understand challenges, cocreate solutions, and communicate AI capabilities clearly—especially around generative AI. Design for scalability, reliability, and compliance.

• MLOps & DevOps Collaboration
  Work with engineering and product teams to implement best practices for deploying and maintaining AI models in production.

• • Develop data science initiatives, leveraging insights to influence strategic decisions at Enterprise AI.

  • Foster collaboration among data scientists, software engineers, and key stakeholders to deliver impactful AI solutions that drive business value.

  • Develop and maintain complex machine learning models and algorithms.

  • Build machine learning models and integrate them into our production system.

  • Create reports, projections, models, and presentations to support business.

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    Use your skills to make an impact
    

    Required Qualifications

    • Masters Degree and 3+ years of experience in researchML engineering or an applied research scientist position preferably with a focus on developing productionready AI solutions.

    • Experience with Agentic AI System Design

    • Experience collaborating with MLOps and DevOps teams

    • Proficiency in SQL, Python, and data analysisdata mining tools

    • Experience with machine learning frameworks like ScikitLearn, Tensorflow, or Pytorch

    • Experience with high performance, largescale ML systems

    • Experience with language modeling with transformers

    • Experience with reinforcement learning

    • Experience with largescale ETL

    • Preferred Qualifications

      • Ph.D. in Computer, Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or a related field

      • Additional Information

        LocationWork Style: Remote US

        Why Humana?

        At Humana, we know your wellbeing is important to you, and it’s important to us too. That’s why we’re committed to making resources available to you that will enable you to become happier, healthier, and more productive in all areas of your life. Just to name a few:

        • WorkLife Balance

        • Generous PTO package

        • Health benefits effective day 1

        • Annual Incentive Plan

        • 401K Excellent company match

        • Wellbeing program

        • Paid Volunteer Time Off

        • If you share our passion for helping people, we likely have the right place for you at Humana.

          Work at Home Guidance

          To ensure Home or Hybrid HomeOffice associates’ ability to work effectively, the selfprovided internet service of Home or Hybrid HomeOffice associates must meet the following criteria:

          • At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested

          • Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership

          • Associates who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a biweekly payment for their internet expense.

          • Humana will provide Home or Hybrid HomeOffice associates with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their positionjob.

          • Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI HIPAA information

          • SSN Alert Statement

            Humana values personal identity protection. Please be aware that applicants may be asked to provide their Social Security Number, if it is not already on file. When required, an email will be sent from Humana@myworkday.com with instructions on how to add the information into your official application on Humana’s secure website.

            Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humanas offices for training or meetings may be required.

            Scheduled Weekly Hours

            40

            Pay 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.

            
            

            $117,600 $161,700 per year

            
            

            This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company andor individual performance.

            Description of Benefits

            Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support wholeperson wellbeing. 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, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), shortterm and longterm disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

            
            About us
            

            Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first – for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

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            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.