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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer - NBA - **Company:** Humana Inc. - **Location:** Tallahassee, FL, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $106,900.0 - $147,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Audit Trail, Software Quality, Code Review, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Internet Services, Python (Programming Language), Workflow Management Systems, Data Logging, Concurrency, State Machines, Backend, Vue.js, Kotlin, Information Technology, Low Latency, Event Sourcing, Dynatrace, Workday, Golang - **Published:** August 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3358954700&tx=UT545THZ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field * 6+ years of experience in backend or platform engineering * Demonstrated hands-on expertise with: * State machine modeling and lifecycle management * Transactional state stores * Idempotent API and workflow design * In-depth understanding of: * Exactly-once or effectively once processing * Failure modes in distributed environments * Proficiency in one or more contemporary languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Go, Python) * Experience with AI-assisted development tools for productivity and code quality, * Experience with outbox, transactional messaging, or event sourcing patterns * Familiarity with low-latency, high-throughput architectures * Operational experience in systems requiring strict auditability and correctness * Background in regulated or mission-critical domains Success Indicators * State transitions are precise, deterministic, and resilient to retries * Side effects reliably occur exactly once, even during failures or replays * Systems recover gracefully from crashes and redeployments * AI-driven tooling decreases defect rates and expedites debugging * The state layer is trusted as the definitive source of truth across engineering teams ## Description We are seeking an accomplished Senior Software Engineer to design, implement, and operate mission-critical stateful services that form the backbone of real-time, automated decisioning and personalization platforms. These systems are responsible for maintaining authoritative state, orchestrating lifecycle transitions, and ensuring reliable downstream effects-often in high-concurrency, low-latency environments. This position is ideal for engineers with a strong grasp of state machines, idempotency, distributed systems, and "exactly-once" execution semantics. You will also employ advanced AI-assisted and agentic engineering tools to drive correctness, velocity, resilience, and scalability., State Machine Architecture & Implementation * Design, build, and maintain explicit state machines governing: * Lifecycle transitions (e.g., open ? in progress ? completed ? suppressed) * Validation of permissible transitions * Time-based and event-driven changes * Ensure state machines are: * Clearly modeled and not hidden in code logic * Deterministic, reproducible, and auditable * Easily understood and testable * Robust against illegal or duplicate transitions through comprehensive validation Transactional State Memory & Exactly-Once Processing * Architect and manage transactional state stores serving as the single source of truth * Support safe, high-concurrency read/write operations * Uphold system invariants across partial failures and recovery scenarios * Implement robust idempotency controls so: * Requests can be safely retried * Commands execute at most once * Duplicate events do not compromise state integrity * Develop APIs and workflows resilient to retries, restarts, and replay events Reliable Side Effects via Outbox Pattern * Employ the outbox pattern to guarantee atomicity of state updates and event publication * Prevent loss or duplication of side effects * Maintain clear separation between state mutation and downstream event delivery * Facilitate replay, backfill, and recovery operations without breaching state guarantees * Integrate seamlessly with messaging and streaming platforms, ensuring fault tolerance Distributed Systems & Concurrency Management * Design for correctness under concurrent updates, network partitions, partial failures, and service redeployments * Apply expertise in: * Idempotency keys * Optimistic and pessimistic locking strategies * Event ordering and causality * Balance rigorous correctness with performance and latency requirements AI-Assisted & Agentic Engineering Practices * Leverage AI-powered and agentic tools to: * Automatically generate and validate state transition tests * Probe edge cases and concurrency challenges * Assist in code reviews, refactoring, and documentation * Accelerate debugging, incident analysis, and root cause discovery * Use AI responsibly to enhance productivity while maintaining clarity and system integrity Observability, Auditability & Trust * Engineer services with robust observability through: * Structured logging, metrics, and alerting * Distributed tracing * Ensure all state transitions and emitted events are: * Fully traceable and reproducible * Auditable for compliance and investigative needs Collaboration & Technical Leadership * Partner with platform, data, and quality engineering teams to assure end-to-end reliability * Participate in architecture and design reviews to elevate system quality standards * Mentor and guide engineers on best practices for safe, reliable, and maintainable distributed systems, Occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required. Work Hours : Typical business hours are Monday-Friday, 8 hours/day, 5 days/week-- some flexibility might be possible, depending on business needs. Very minimal travel might be required for training, meetings, and/or conferences Interview Format As part of our hiring process, we will be using on-demand technology provided by Hire Vue, a third-party vendor. This technology provides our team of recruiters and hiring managers with an enhanced method for decision-making through on-demand candidate assessments. If you are selected to move forward from your application prescreen, you will receive correspondence inviting you to participate in an on-demand assessment with pre-determined questions. You should anticipate the assessment to take approximately 10-15 minutes. Your on-demand assessment will be reviewed, and you will subsequently be informed if you will be moving forward to next round of interviews. SSN Task via Workday Should you be extended a formal employment offer you will receive a request to enter your SSN into our Workday system to scan for duplicate profiles. Work at Home Requirements: 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. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. 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. 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