[Remote] AVP, Enterprise Platform Software Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Humana Inc. is a leading U.S. healthcare company committed to helping people achieve their best health through innovative technology solutions. The Associate Vice President, Enterprise Platform Software Engineering will define and advance Humana’s enterprise quality engineering platform capabilities, partnering with various teams to enhance software delivery effectiveness and business outcomes.


Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the enterprise strategy for quality engineering platforms, frameworks, and enablement capabilities
  • Establish and drive a multi-year roadmap aligned to Humana’s technology strategy and software delivery priorities
  • Standardize quality engineering tools, patterns, and practices to reduce fragmentation and improve consistency at scale
  • Serve as the executive owner for enterprise shared quality engineering platform services and adoption outcomes
  • Lead strategy, development, and continuous evolution of Humana’s Quality Engineering Platform as a core enablement capability for delivery teams
  • Establish platform capabilities that support reusable automation frameworks, accelerators, and engineering patterns across teams
  • Enable data-driven quality intelligence through integrated dashboards, scorecards, and reporting that provide visibility into quality and delivery health
  • Drive end-to-end traceability across requirements, test assets, automation, defects, releases, and production outcomes (where supported by enterprise tooling)
  • Advance AI-enabled quality capabilities (e.g., intelligent automation, quality insights, predictive analytics) as part of the platform strategy and day-to-day operating model
  • Ensure platform reliability, scalability, security, and strong user experience for engineers and quality professionals
  • Define and maintain enterprise quality engineering standards, reference architectures, and implementation patterns
  • Partner with Architecture, Platform Engineering, and DevOps teams to embed quality controls and scalable validation approaches into modern delivery pipelines
  • Establish guardrails for cloud-native and distributed architectures (e.g., microservices, APIs, event-driven systems) including test strategy patterns and quality controls
  • Partner with segment/product-aligned quality engineering leaders to drive platform adoption and consistent execution of standards and patterns
  • Provide consulting, coaching, and enablement to engineering organizations to accelerate maturity in modern quality engineering practices
  • Build reusable training, playbooks, and onboarding approaches that improve adoption and reduce time-to-productivity
  • Partner with enterprise enablement and governance teams to shape and evolve enterprise quality metrics, measurement standards, and reporting approaches
  • Ensure platform capabilities support consistent collection and visibility of enterprise quality signals
  • Drive adherence to enterprise governance expectations across platform usage, standards adoption, and quality reporting
  • Build and develop a high-performing organization of quality architects, platform engineers, automation leaders, and quality engineering professionals
  • Foster a culture of innovation, technical excellence, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning
  • Create career development pathways and succession depth for enterprise quality engineering platform and enablement roles

Skills

  • 15+ years of experience in software engineering, quality engineering, platform engineering, and developer enablement
  • Demonstrated experience building and scaling enterprise platforms or shared engineering enablement capabilities
  • Proven success driving enterprise adoption of standardized tools, patterns, and ways of working across distributed organizations
  • Experience leading senior leaders and geographically distributed technical teams
  • Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices including Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD
  • Expertise with quality engineering practices across API, UI, integration, and end-to-end validation in distributed/cloud-native environments
  • Experience with quality data, engineering metrics, dashboards/scorecards, and operational insights for executive and delivery audiences
  • Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to influence outcomes across engineering and product organizations
  • Experience in healthcare, insurance, financial services, or other highly regulated environments
  • Experience building internal developer platforms, enterprise test harnesses, or quality engineering platforms at scale
  • Familiarity with microservices, APIs, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native engineering patterns
  • Experience implementing AI-enabled quality engineering capabilities and intelligent automation in enterprise delivery environments
  • Familiarity with engineering effectiveness and operational excellence measurement approaches (e.g., DORA-aligned signals), platform adoption metrics, and quality maturity models

Benefits

  • Bonus incentive plan
  • 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 Overview

  • Humana is a health insurance provider for individuals, families, and businesses. It was founded in 1964, and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.humana.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Humana has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 91 in 2026, 282 in 2025, 246 in 2024, 284 in 2023, 274 in 2022, 212 in 2021, 84 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

  • Back to blog

    Common Interview Questions And Answers

    1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

    This is what this question poses: When do you focus and start working seriously? What are the hours you work optimally? Are you a night owl? A morning bird? Remote teams can be made up of people working on different shifts and around the world, so you won't necessarily be stuck in the 9-5 schedule if it's not for you...

    2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

    When you're working on a remote team, there's no way to chat in the hallway between meetings or catch up on the latest project during an office carpool. Therefore, virtual communication will be absolutely essential to get your work done...

    3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

    Many people want to work remotely because of the flexibility it allows. You can work anywhere and at any time of the day...

    4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

    With this question, companies are looking to see what equipment they may need to provide you with and to verify how aware you are of what remote working could mean for you physically and logistically...

    5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

    Several years ago, I was working in a team to plan a big event. My supervisor made us all work as a team before the big day. One of our activities has been to find out how each of us processes information...

    6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

    Or you may receive even more specific questions, such as: What's on your calendar? Do you plan blocks of time to do certain types of work? Do you have an open calendar that everyone can see?...

    7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

    Just like your schedule, how you track files and other information is very important. After all, everything is digital!...

    8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

    The day I watched Marie Forleo's film separating the important from the urgent, my life changed. Not all remote jobs start fast, but most of them are...

    9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

    Just as communication is essential when working remotely, so is organization. Because you won't have those opportunities in the elevator or a casual conversation in the lunchroom, you should take advantage of the little time you have in a video or phone conference...

    10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

    This is a great question because it shows your comfort level with technology, which is very important for a remote worker because you will be working with technology over time...