Senior Data Scientist - Growth AI at Humana

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The Senior Data Scientist drives impactful AI and analytics projects that support business growth and operational excellence. You will develop both ad-hoc and production-ready AI applications, working closely with business stakeholders to provide applicable solutions. While you will collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams and operate within established cloud and container standards, you will focus on data science, software development, and application delivery.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Data Scientist to support AI and advanced analytics projects that allow Medicare growth and bid strategy. The Senior Data Scientist will work closely with business stakeholders, engineers, and subject matter experts to turn ambiguous problems into practical AI solutions.

In addition to strong data science and AI capabilities, we are looking for a practical software engineering mindset. The ideal candidate will be comfortable developing modular, maintainable code. You will also use version control and collaborative development workflows, support CI/CD processes, and work with containerized applications. Furthermore, they will contribute to reliable deployment and monitoring practices for data and AI solutions in production environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Independently design, build, and deploy AI and machine learning models for business-critical and ad-hoc applications.
• Design and implement agentic AI workflows that decompose complex business tasks into multi-step actions involving retrieval, reasoning, tool use, and rule-based decisioning.
• Implement monitoring and evaluation practices for LLM applications, including output quality, groundedness, latency, drift, and user feedback loops.
• Develop well-structured, maintainable, and testable code (e.g., using Python and FastAPI) for robust AI solutions.
• Package and prepare applications for deployment using Docker, following internal standards for containerization.
• Participate in deployment and release workflows (e.g., Azure Pipelines) in partnership with platform teams, ensuring compliance with cloud and security standards.
• Collaborate directly with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Work with infrastructure and DevOps teams to ensure that AI applications are deployed and operated reliably in AKS, GKE, or other approved environments.
• Participate in code reviews, contribute to shared codebases, and follow best practices in version control and documentation.
• Monitor, evaluate, and refine deployed models and applications as needed.

Use your skills to make an impact Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years (or Master's and 3+ years) of experience in data science, computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience building LLM-based applications for enterprise use cases.
• Advanced proficiency in Python, with hands-on experience developing APIs (preferably with FastAPI).
• Experience containerizing applications with Docker.
• Familiarity with deployment pipelines (e.g., Azure Pipelines) and working within enterprise cloud environments collaborating with infrastructure/platform teams.
• Experience building agentic systems using tool-calling, routing, planning/execution patterns, context management, and structured decision flows to solve multi-step enterprise problems reliably and at production quality.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver production-ready data science solutions with minimal oversight.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills for both technical and business audiences.
• Understanding of data governance, security, and compliance considerations when handling sensitive data and deploying solutions into production environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare or regulated industries.
• Familiarity with version control and collaborative development tools (e.g., Git).
• Experience integrating models into operational workflows and APIs.
• Familiar with retrieval-grounded LLM systems, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) approaches that produce grounded, verifiable outputs.
• Familiar with AI applications that integrate LLMs with web search and grounding tools, including retrieval strategy, citation fidelity, guardrails, observability, and evaluation.
• Experience using Databricks and Spark to support data processing and pipeline development, including common data lake patterns.
• Experience supporting evaluation and monitoring practices for retrieval and extraction quality, including golden datasets, regression testing, groundedness checks, and production observability.
• Experience integrating LLM-based agents with enterprise tools.

Additional InformationWAH Internet Statement

To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees' ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership. Employees who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense. Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the our requirements for their position/job.Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's 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 and/or individual performance.

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, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

Application Deadline: 06-27-2026

About us

About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our Center Well 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 and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at Center Well.com.

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