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Principal, Software Engineering
Humana INC · 🇺🇸 8 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 260 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 130 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Humana INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles34 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in KY: $124k–$136k, median $131k. Most were filed at wage level IV (86%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Humana INC
The US Department of Labor certified 260 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 130 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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. The Principal, Automation Engineer, Tools Support & Onboarding is a senior hands-on technical leader responsible for enabling, supporting, and advancing enterprise Quality Engineering (QE) tools, automation platforms, and onboarding capabilities across Humana. This role serves as a trusted technical advisor to Quality Engineering, Engineering, DevOps, Product, and Architecture teams, ensuring successful adoption, integration, and utilization of enterprise testing and automation solutions. The Principal Automation Engineer will lead the implementation and support of enterprise quality engineering tools and platforms, establish best practices, drive tool standardization, and enable teams to maximize the value of automation and testing investments. This individual will be responsible for supporting and optimizing technologies such as Azure DevOps (ADO), qTest, Tricentis Tosca, Selenium, Playwright, API automation frameworks, CI/CD platforms, AI-enabled testing solutions, and related quality engineering tools while improving delivery efficiency, quality, traceability, and governance. This role functions as a senior technical leader and subject matter expert, ensuring consistent tool adoption, onboarding processes, training programs, integration standards, operational support, and continuous improvement across Humana's quality engineering ecosystem. Key Responsibilities Enterprise QE Tools Strategy • Define and execute Humana's enterprise Quality Engineering tools strategy, roadmap, and adoption plans. • Establish standards, governance models, operating procedures, and best practices for enterprise testing and automation tools. • Evaluate, recommend, and support enterprise-wide quality engineering solutions that improve productivity, quality, and delivery outcomes. • Lead proof-of-concepts (POCs), pilots, and assessments of emerging testing, automation, AI, and DevOps technologies. • Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for QE tools, test management platforms, automation solutions, and quality engineering best practices. Enterprise QE Tools Support & Onboarding • Provide technical leadership and operational support for enterprise quality engineering tools including Azure DevOps (ADO), qTest, Tricentis Tosca, Selenium, Playwright, AI-enabled testing platforms, and related solutions. • Lead onboarding activities for application, development, and QE teams to ensure successful adoption of enterprise tools and processes. • Partner with Segment QE teams to implement tool capabilities, improve utilization, and establish consistent testing practices across the organization. • Develop and maintain onboarding frameworks, implementation guides, training materials, knowledge repositories, standards, and self-service support resources. • Support tool configuration, administration, integrations, upgrades, troubleshooting, and operational readiness activities. • Establish end-to-end integration patterns across test management, requirements, automation, defect management, CI/CD, release management, and reporting platforms. • Enable traceability across business requirements, user stories, test cases, automation assets, defects, releases, and production outcomes. • Collaborate with vendor partners and internal platform teams to evaluate enhancements, roadmap opportunities, and tool optimization initiatives. • Drive continuous improvements in tool adoption, user experience, platform stability, governance compliance, and operational effectiveness. • Mentor Quality Engineers, Automation Eng