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# Associate Director, Software Engineering

- **Company:** Humana Inc.
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $156,600.0 - $215,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Application Lifecycle Management, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Cloud Engineering, Software Quality, Information Systems, Databases, Information Engineering, Data Warehousing, DevOps, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Web Services, Enterprise Data Management, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, Information Technology, Integration Frameworks, Data Management, Api Design, Databricks
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.chicagocareersite.com/job.asp?id=3402966846&tx=CT323TYI&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, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
 * 8+ years of software engineering, application development, data engineering, or technology delivery experience.
 * 3+ years of leadership experience managing software engineering teams.
 * Experience leading teams responsible for enterprise applications, relational and/or cloud-based databases, and API/integration platforms.
 * Strong understanding of enterprise data management, API design and governance, system integration patterns, and software engineering best practices.
 * Experience with application lifecycle management, technology lifecycle management, and platform modernization initiatives.
 * Demonstrated experience developing and executing technology roadmaps.
 * Experience managing cross-functional teams, vendor relationships, and technology investments.
 * Strong stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills., * Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
 * Experience with enterprise data platforms, cloud-native architectures, API management platforms, and modern integration technologies.
 * Experience with Azure, AWS, Databricks, data warehousing, and large-scale data management solutions.
 * Experience supporting healthcare, insurance, or other highly regulated industries.
 * Experience leading digital transformation, cloud migration, or enterprise modernization initiatives.

## Description

The Associate Director, Software Engineering leads software engineering teams responsible for the development, delivery, support, and modernization of enterprise applications, data platforms, and API-based integration solutions. This leader is accountable for ensuring technology investments align with business objectives while maintaining operational excellence, scalability, security, and reliability.

The role is responsible for managing engineering resources, technology and application lifecycles, and delivery execution across a portfolio of applications, enterprise data stores, databases, and API services. The Associate Director partners closely with business leaders, product teams, architects, and enterprise stakeholders to define priorities, drive strategic initiatives, and deliver measurable business value.

This position owns the technology roadmap for assigned assets, including applications, enterprise databases, data platforms, and APIs. The leader is responsible for driving modernization efforts, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, and communicating strategy, progress, risks, and outcomes to business and technology stakeholders., * Lead and develop high-performing software engineering teams responsible for enterprise applications, databases, data platforms, and API services.

 * Own the technology roadmap for assigned applications, enterprise data stores, databases, APIs, and integration platforms.
 * Drive the delivery of technology solutions that support strategic business initiatives and enterprise objectives.
 * Manage resource planning, staffing decisions, skill development, and budget responsibilities across multiple engineering teams.
 * Oversee application lifecycle management, including development, maintenance, modernization, support, and retirement activities.
 * Lead technology lifecycle management efforts, ensuring platforms, frameworks, databases, and tools remain current, secure, and supportable.
 * Establish engineering best practices across software development, data engineering, API development, DevOps, and operational support.
 * Ensure the scalability, availability, performance, security, and reliability of enterprise applications, databases, and API ecosystems.
 * Partner with enterprise architects and business stakeholders to define data, integration, and application strategies.
 * Govern API and data management standards, ensuring consistency, reusability, and alignment with enterprise architecture principles.
 * Communicate technology strategy, delivery status, risks, dependencies, and investment recommendations to senior leadership.
 * Drive continuous improvement through automation, modernization, cloud adoption, and engineering excellence initiatives.
 * Drive the adoption and effective utilization of AI-powered engineering tools and platforms to improve software development productivity, code quality, testing efficiency, operational support, and overall delivery outcomes.


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