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Associate Director, Software Engineering
Humana INC · 🇺🇸 3 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 roles1 certified filing for “Associate Director, Site Reliability Engineering” (Computer and Information Systems Managers) in WI: $151k–$151k, median $151k. Most were filed at wage level II (100%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% 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 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. Key Responsibilities • 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. Use your skills to make an impact Location & Work Environment: This position requires a hybrid work arrangement with 3 to 4 days per week in the office . Qualified candidates must be located in or willing to relocate to Louisville KY, Tampa FL and/or Chicago IL Required Qualifications • 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 d