Senior Full Stack Engineer - NBA

The Senior Full Stack Engineer builds and evolves the NBA platform’s Action Library and Command Center experience, the operational system used by business and program teams to create, configure, govern, and publish member actions across the enterprise. Built on React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Kafka-based integration patterns, the platform serves as the primary control plane for authoring and managing actions throughout the member journey. This is a hands-on engineering role with a strong front-end focus: you design and build modern user experiences, develop the APIs and services that support them, and partner closely with product, design, and platform teams to deliver scalable, production-ready solutions., Front-end engineering - Design and build responsive, accessible, and performant user interfaces using React and TypeScript.

• Full stack development - Deliver features across the stack, including React applications, Node.js/Fastify services, PostgreSQL data models, and platform integrations.

• Action Library development - Build capabilities that allow business users to create, configure, version, preview, govern, and publish member actions.

• API engineering - Develop and maintain REST APIs using contract-first principles, shared TypeScript models, and schema validation patterns.

• Data modeling - Design and implement PostgreSQL schemas, queries, and data access patterns that support reliable and performant user experiences.

• Workflow integration - Develop integrations with orchestration, decisioning, and Kafka-based publishing services to ensure actions flow reliably through the NBA ecosystem.

• User experience design - Translate complex business workflows into intuitive experiences that improve efficiency, usability, and adoption.

• Quality engineering - Build automated tests, participate in code reviews, and deliver secure, maintainable, production-quality software.

• Cross-team collaboration - Work closely with engineering, product, and platform teams to align requirements, integrations, and technical solutions., In contemporary automated platforms, correctness and reliability hinge on the integrity of state, not just requests. This role ensures that every state transition and side effect is executed once-and only once-providing a solid foundation for trust, reliability, compliance, and scalability throughout the system.

Work Style: Remote/Hybrid - Preferably Boston, MA.

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.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

5+ years of full stack software engineering experience with strong React and TypeScript expertise.

• Experience building production-grade web applications using modern React architecture and component-based design patterns.

• Strong Node.js/TypeScript backend development experience building REST APIs and service-oriented applications.

• Experience working with PostgreSQL or other relational databases, including schema design, query optimization, and data modeling.

• Understanding of modern front-end architecture including state management, routing, accessibility, performance optimization, and responsive design.

• Experience with API contracts, schema validation, and strongly typed development practices.

• Familiarity with containerized application deployment, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native application development.

• Strong testing discipline, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing approaches.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and product teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with React 19, TanStack Router, Query, Form, and Table.

• Experience with Fastify, Prisma, Drizzle ORM, Redis, and PostgreSQL performance tuning.

• Familiarity with OpenAPI specifications, code generation, and contract-first API development.

• Experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures.

• Experience building workflow-driven applications, operational consoles, or enterprise business tooling.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD, and modern deployment pipelines.

• Experience with OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, and observability platforms.

• Experience implementing OAuth 2.0, Azure AD, SSO, RBAC, or enterprise identity solutions.

• Background in healthcare, insurance, or another regulated industry with compliance and PHI handling requirements.

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

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.

$106,900 - $147,000 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, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

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