Principal, Software Engineer - Enterprise Automation Frameworks & Support​

Become a part of our caring community   Humana is committed to helping people achieve their best health by delivering innovative technology solutions that power exceptional member and provider experiences. Principal Automation Engineer, Enterprise Automation Frameworks & Support is a senior technical leader responsible for defining, designing, and scaling enterprise-wide test automation strategies, frameworks, platforms, and AI-enabled quality engineering capabilities. This role serves as the enterprise automation authority across Humana's business segments, partnering closely with Engineering, Architecture, DevOps, Product, and Quality Engineering teams to accelerate software delivery through modern automation and intelligent quality practices. Principal Automation Engineer, Enterprise Automation Frameworks & Support will lead the adoption of automation-first testing approaches, establish enterprise standards and frameworks, drive AI-enabled testing innovations, and provide technical leadership for quality engineering transformation initiatives. This individual will be responsible for designing scalable automation solutions leveraging technologies such as Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured , Tricentis Tosca, Azure DevOps (ADO), qTest, API automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-powered testing agents, while enabling delivery teams to achieve greater speed, reliability, and quality. This role serves as a senior technical leader, providing hands-on engineering expertise and strategic direction to deliver scalable, high-quality software solutions. The Principal Software Engineer drives engineering standards, promotes reusable platforms and frameworks, and partners across the enterprise to accelerate innovation, enable modernization, and ensure consistent, reliable, and secure technology solutions across Humana. Key Responsibilities   Enterprise Automation Strategy    Working closely with Segment QE Architects, define and execute Humana's enterprise automation architecture strategy and roadmap to drive scalable, standardized, and innovative quality engineering solutions across the organization.   Create standards, reference architectures, patterns, and best practices for quality engineering and automation across all business segments.   Evaluate emerging automation technologies and AI-driven testing solutions to continuously improve engineering effectiveness.   Serve as the enterprise automation subject matter expert for modern quality engineering practices.     Automation Framework Engineering & Platform Enablement   Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reusable automation frameworks using technologies including Selenium, Playwright, Tricentis Tosca, REST Assured, Cypress, Appium, and related tools.   Build and enhance automation solutions that support testing across cloud-native, microservices, API-first, web, mobile, and distributed application architectures.   Develop reusable automation components, libraries,…