Lead Software Engineer

Posted 3 Days Ago
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4 Locations
In-Office
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Healthtech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software • Analytics
The Role
Lead technology initiatives in software design, architecture, and development while enhancing cloud applications and managing engineering teams to optimize health outcomes.
Summary Generated by Built In
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Primary Responsibilities:
  • Serve as Technology Leader
  • Apply design thinking to drive the right architecture decisions and build reusable modular solutions
  • Work with the team to meet security MBOs, reduce tech debt and drive adoption of AI productivity tools while accelerating delivery
  • Continuously improve applications across design, build, deploy, test, and runtime phases within cloud ecosystems
  • Exercise judgment in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining result
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in a distributed environment or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
  • Propose low-level design for task and story level assignments as well as high level design for epic-level assignments
  • Effective communication with leadership and team
  • Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:
  • 11+ years of experience in software development and design, architecture (Java, Spring, Spring boot, 3+ years of demonstrated experience with software design and architecture patterns
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience in production cloud
  • 2+ years of experience of design and implementation of cloud( Azure, AWS, GCP) applications ((preferable Microsoft Azure)
  • 2+ years of experience of leading engineering teams
  • Demonstrates a solid grasp of core engineering principles, architecture patterns, development methodologies, and quality standards, ensuring scalable, maintainable, and high-performance solutions

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline
  • Hands-on experience with microservices architecture
  • Experience as a full-stack developer or lead developer
  • Experience designing and delivering software through CI/CD methods
  • Experience with Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning models
  • Experience in healthcare or experience working with sensitive data
  • Experience with agile delivery: Scrum and/or Kanban

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Top Skills

AWS
Azure
Ci/Cd
GCP
Java
Spring
Spring Boot

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The Company
HQ: Eden Prairie, MN
160,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

We’re the health care technology and innovation company of the UnitedHealth Group enterprise along with UnitedHealthcare. We’re a global organization that’s evolving health care so everyone can have the opportunity to live their healthiest life. With our hands across all aspects of health, we'll provide you with a rewarding career that enables you to grow in the directions that best fit your passions. This is your opportunity to be part of a team that’s dedicated to Caring. Connecting. Growing together.


Our global technology team consists of more than 30,000 innovators from around the world passionate about using technology to improve the lives of people and communities. We are modernizing the health care system through modern analytics, comprehensive clinical expertise, innovative technologies and extensive experience in improving operational and clinical performance.



As part of our team, you will be provided opportunities to channel your curiosity into initiative, working alongside distinguished engineers and developers pursuing innovations that improve the health care experience for everyone. We encourage you to dive in, explore and ask questions about creative ways to use technology to help make the health care system work like an actual system.


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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Optum has three workplace models that balance the needs of the business, the responsibilities of a job, and your preference for more flexibility. These models are core on-site 5 days/week, hybrid 3 day/s week and telecommute or fully remote.

Typical time on-site: Flexible
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