Full-Time
Senior Data Engineer
NBA
Posted on 8/20/2026
Humana
10,001+ employees
Medicare Advantage health insurer for seniors
Compensation Overview
$117.6k - $161.7k/yr
Nashville, TN, USA
Remote
Occasional travel to Humana offices for training or meetings may be required.
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- At least 5 years of data engineering experience building and operating production data platforms.
- Strong SQL and Python skills with hands-on experience developing Spark-based data pipelines.
- Experience with Databricks, Delta Lake, or comparable lakehouse platforms.
- Experience implementing Medallion Architecture using Bronze, Silver, and Gold data patterns.
- Experience building batch and streaming data processing pipelines.
- Strong understanding of data modeling, pipeline testing, data quality controls, and operational support practices.
- Familiarity with modern cloud-based data platforms and distributed data processing systems.
- Ability to collaborate across engineering, analytics, and business teams.
- Design, build, and maintain Bronze, Silver, and Gold lakehouse pipelines that power member profiles, clinical signals, engagement data, and decision intelligence use cases.
- Develop and maintain Gold-layer feature tables and reusable data products that support model training, model scoring, reinforcement learning, and real-time decisioning.
- Build and support batch and real-time ingestion pipelines using Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, and event-driven data architectures.
- Implement data quality validation, reconciliation, monitoring, alerting, and testing controls to ensure trusted and production-ready data assets.
- Design scalable data models that balance usability, governance, performance, and long-term maintainability.
- Tune Spark workloads, storage strategies, partitioning schemes, and query performance to improve efficiency, scalability, and cost management.
- Follow established standards for data lineage, security, protected health information handling, auditability, and regulatory compliance.
- Partner with Decision Intelligence, AI Engineering, and Platform Engineering teams to ensure high-quality data is available across the NBA ecosystem.
- Diagnose and resolve pipeline failures, data quality issues, and production incidents to maintain reliable platform operations.
- Experience with Databricks Feature Store, Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables, and Databricks Workflows.
- Experience with Spark Structured Streaming and real-time feature engineering.
- Experience with Kafka and event-driven data architectures.
- Familiarity with machine learning, recommendation systems, reinforcement learning, or decision intelligence platforms.
- Experience with Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Event Hubs, or similar cloud-native data services.
- Experience with data observability and quality platforms such as Great Expectations, Monte Carlo, or equivalent tools.
- Experience integrating external healthcare, claims, CMS, CDC, consumer, or social determinants of health datasets.
- Background in healthcare, insurance, or another regulated industry with protected health information and HIPAA handling requirements.
- Experience using modern AI development tools such as Claude and GitHub Copilot.
Humana focuses on health and well-being by offering Medicare Advantage plans (HMO, PPO, and PFFS) mainly for seniors, military personnel, and communities. Its products are health insurance plans funded through a mix of government contracts and member premiums, enrolling members to provide comprehensive coverage with flexible benefits and a broad provider network. Members receive care through a network of providers, with additional services such as free language interpretation to improve accessibility. Humana differentiates itself through its emphasis on inclusivity, accessibility, and tailored benefits, aiming to deliver reliable service and high renewal rates. The goal is to improve health outcomes and overall well-being for members by delivering coverage that meets diverse needs and making care accessible to all.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Louisville, Kentucky
Founded
1961
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 revenue hit $40.87 billion, up 26%, beating estimates.
- Humana won Illinois Medicaid managed care for January 2027, expanding beyond Medicare Advantage.
- TrumpRx pricing display in 2027 positions Humana’s PBM tools for broader consumer traffic.
What critics are saying
- 2026 Star Ratings cuts slashed Humana’s GAAP EPS outlook to $6.52, crushing bonuses.
- Humana exits 600,000 MA members for 2027, signaling persistent margin weakness and churn.
- The Massachusetts broker-kickback case and AI-denial class action threaten payouts and trust.
What makes Humana unique
- Humana dominates Medicare Advantage with 7.2 million members and deep senior distribution.
- Its DrFirst partnership cuts 70,000 faxes, embedding payer decisions inside clinician workflows.
- New CMO Shantanu Nundy and board recruitments push AI and consumer-health capabilities.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Paid Vacation
Paid Parental Leave
Short-term Disability
Long-term Disability
401(k) Retirement Plan
401(k) Company Match
Wellness Program
Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↑ 6%1 year growth
↑ 6%2 year growth
↑ 6%Humana has appointed Dr Shantanu Nundy as Chief Medical Officer, effective 31 August. Dr Nundy, a practicing physician and healthcare executive, will help shape the company's products, platforms, and use of AI whilst bringing clinical expertise to the enterprise. He most recently served as Executive Vice President of Care Delivery and Chief Health Officer at Accolade, a healthcare navigation company. Previously, he was Managing Director for Clinical Innovation at Evolent Health, driving value-based and digital care transformation across health systems. Dr Nundy will report to Jim Rechtin, Humana's President and CEO, and join the company's Enterprise Leadership Team. He continues to practice primary care and hospital medicine.
Humana reported Q2 revenues of $40.87 billion, up 26.2% year on year, exceeding analysts' expectations by 0.6%. The health insurance provider also beat earnings per share estimates. Despite the relatively strong results, Humana's stock has fallen 2.7% since the earnings announcement and currently trades at $378.11. The health insurance sector as a whole showed resilience in Q2, with the 12 tracked providers beating revenue consensus estimates by 2.8% on average. However, share prices across the sector have declined an average of 5.8% since reporting. Humana derives over 80% of its revenue from federal government contracts and serves approximately 17 million members, with a strong focus on Medicare Advantage plans for seniors.
Nearly 3 million older Americans will lose their Medicare Advantage plans this year, according to Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research. One in 10 Medicare Advantage policyholders face forced disenrollment, with Vermont hit hardest at 92% of policyholders affected. Humana announced its exit from multiple markets for the second consecutive year, impacting 600,000 members. The company reported $1.9 billion profit in the first half of 2026. Insurers cite financial pressures from federal policy changes aimed at reducing overpayments, resulting in lower government reimbursement rates. Combined with rising medical costs, these factors are squeezing profit margins. Shannon Benton of Senior Citizens League said Humana's decision shows Medicare Advantage insurers are "prioritising profit growth over enrollment growth.
Nine pharmacy benefit managers will integrate TrumpRx prescription drug pricing into their benefit tools, effective 1 January 2027. The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association and participating PBMs—including CVS Health, Express Scripts, Humana, and OptumRx—will display cash prices from TrumpRx alongside plan coverage costs. The agreement covers commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid plans. Patients will see TrumpRx prices for all listed drugs, whether through presidential deals or standard pricing. CMS Administrator Dr Mehmet Oz said the commitment will help patients compare prices and find better deals. PCMA CEO David Marin stated the transparency will allow consumers to make better-informed choices about prescription drug costs. Some PBMs will use Real Time Benefit Tools to display pricing comparisons, whilst others may employ different methods.
Humana announced plans to exit additional Medicare Advantage plans in 2027, affecting approximately 600,000 members. The US insurer is targeting lower-return plans as part of its strategy to achieve a sustainable 3% pre-tax margin by 2028. Chief financial officer Celeste Mellet said the company expects to retain just over 40% of affected members through other offerings, similar to its 2025 experience. Humana is prioritising higher-performing plans with stronger value-based care penetration. The announcement followed Humana's second-quarter earnings report, which showed adjusted earnings of $7.61 per share on revenue of $40.89 billion. Individual Medicare Advantage membership increased 23% year-over-year to 6.45 million.