Software Engineer at Humana
Nashville, TN
$80,900–$110,300from the description
Jul 17, 2026
Nashville, TN
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend-focused software engineering role centered on building and maintaining APIs and services within a Pharmacy Benefit Management platform. Day-to-day work spans the full development lifecycle — coding, testing, debugging, and deploying — with an emphasis on reliability, performance, and modernizing legacy components. The role suits a mid-level engineer with 3–5 years of experience who is comfortable working in cloud and agile environments and open to incorporating AI-assisted development tools into their workflow.
Mid level · 3+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 93,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 56,000–140,000
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is fully remote but may require occasional travel to Humana offices for training or meetings.
No specific programming language, cloud provider, or framework is named anywhere in the posting — the required skills are stated at a general capability level (CI/CD, cloud platforms, automated testing). This limits skill specificity.
AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, ChatGPT Enterprise) are listed under Preferred Qualifications, so they are treated as preferred despite being discussed extensively in the responsibilities section.
The degree requirement is a Bachelor's in Computer Science or a related technical field, stated as a hard gate under Required Qualifications. A Master's degree is listed under Preferred Qualifications.
The 3–5 year experience range is stated at the role level under Required Qualifications; 3 years is used as the minimum.
The pay range ($80,900–$110,300/year) is described as a 'good faith estimate of starting base pay'; actual pay may vary by geography and individual qualifications. A bonus incentive plan is also mentioned.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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