The Role
Leads and mentors a software engineering team while contributing hands-on to full-stack development, architecture, coding, debugging, release readiness, and production support. Owns engineering delivery plans and develops secure, scalable cloud-native products on Azure using .NET, Python, React, HTML, and CSS. Establishes GitHub workflows, quality standards, testing, observability, and responsible AI-assisted development practices while partnering with product, security, DevOps, and business stakeholders.
Summary Generated by Built In
Requisition Number: 2388063
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.
This Grade 28 leadership role will manage and mentor a team of engineers while remaining hands-on across solution design, full-stack development, implementation and production issue resolution. The successful candidate will combine strong engineering leadership with current technical depth in Azure, .NET, Python, React, HTML and CSS, GitHub-based delivery practices and responsible use of AI-assisted engineering tools.
Primary Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Key Technologies and Practices
Microsoft Azure | .NET | C# | Python | React | HTML | CSS | REST APIs | GitHub | Full-Stack Development | Product Engineering | AI-Assisted Development | Software Design | Debugging | Log Analysis | Implementation | Mentoring
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.
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.
This Grade 28 leadership role will manage and mentor a team of engineers while remaining hands-on across solution design, full-stack development, implementation and production issue resolution. The successful candidate will combine strong engineering leadership with current technical depth in Azure, .NET, Python, React, HTML and CSS, GitHub-based delivery practices and responsible use of AI-assisted engineering tools.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing engineering team, setting clear priorities, ownership expectations, engineering standards and individual growth plans
- Balance people leadership with hands-on contribution across architecture, design, coding, code reviews, debugging and resolution of complex engineering issues
- Own the end-to-end engineering delivery plan for product capabilities, including estimation, sequencing, dependencies, risks, milestones, implementation and production readiness
- Guide solution and application design for secure, scalable, maintainable and resilient products hosted on Microsoft Azure
- Design and develop backend services, APIs and integrations using .NET and Python
- Design and develop responsive, accessible and maintainable user experiences using React, HTML and CSS
- Ensure effective integration between frontend, backend, data, cloud and external services across the full product lifecycle
- Establish strong GitHub engineering practices, including repository management, branching, pull requests, peer reviews, quality checks and release traceability
- Promote the responsible and effective use of AI tools for software design, development, testing, documentation, troubleshooting and engineering productivity, with appropriate human review and security controls
- Partner with product management, architecture, user experience, quality engineering, DevOps, security and business stakeholders to translate product needs into executable engineering outcomes
- Lead implementation and release readiness, ensuring environments, deployment plans, validation, rollback approaches, support coverage and stakeholder communications are in place
- Analyze application, platform and integration logs to isolate failures, identify root causes, implement fixes and prevent recurrence
- Drive engineering quality through design reviews, coding standards, automated testing, observability, performance analysis, security practices and technical debt management
- Mentor engineers through technical guidance, pairing, constructive feedback and opportunities to lead design and delivery
- Create realistic plans, manage changing priorities and communicate delivery status, risks, trade-offs and decisions clearly to stakeholders
- Foster a culture of ownership, curiosity, rapid learning, collaboration, continuous improvement and customer-focused product engineering
- Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 12+ years of overall software engineering experience, including meaningful experience leading or managing engineering teams
- Solid hands-on full-stack development experience across frontend and backend technologies in production software projects
- Solid experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services and cloud-native application design, deployment, security, monitoring and scalability concepts
- Solid backend engineering experience using NET and Python, including API development, integrations and service-oriented application patterns
- Solid frontend engineering experience using React, HTML and CSS, including responsive design, component development and frontend integration
- Experience with GitHub-based source control, pull requests, code reviews, branching strategies and collaborative development workflows
- Practical experience using AI-assisted engineering tools to improve design, coding, testing, documentation, learning or troubleshooting, with awareness of responsible-use considerations
- Solid understanding of product development and implementation across discovery, design, build, test, release and post-production support
- Solid foundation in software design principles, secure coding, automated testing, maintainability, performance and operational readiness
- Demonstrated strength in planning, estimation, prioritization, dependency management, risk management and execution across multiple workstreams
- Demonstrated ability to analyze logs, debug complex issues across application layers, determine root causes and deliver durable fixes
- Demonstrated excellent communication, stakeholder management, collaboration, mentoring and decision-making skills
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and business domains quickly and apply them effectively
- Proven ability to manage and mentor engineers while contributing directly to design, development, code reviews, debugging and implementation
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree or relevant Azure, engineering or AI certifications
- Relevant Microsoft Azure, software engineering or AI certifications
- Experience developing products in a large, regulated enterprise environment, preferably health care or financial services
- Experience with Azure application services, containers, serverless architectures, managed databases, identity, messaging and observability capabilities
- Experience with microservices, event-driven architecture, API management, caching and distributed application patterns
- Experience with CI/CD, automated quality gates, DevSecOps practices and cloud deployment automation
- Experience with production support, performance tuning, reliability engineering and secure software delivery
- Knowledge of generative AI application patterns, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation or integration of AI capabilities into software products
Key Technologies and Practices
Microsoft Azure | .NET | C# | Python | React | HTML | CSS | REST APIs | GitHub | Full-Stack Development | Product Engineering | AI-Assisted Development | Software Design | Debugging | Log Analysis | Implementation | Mentoring
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 12+ years of overall software engineering experience, including meaningful experience leading or managing engineering teams
- Hands-on full-stack development experience across frontend and backend technologies in production software projects
- Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services and cloud-native application design, deployment, security, monitoring, and scalability
- Backend engineering experience using .NET and Python, including API development, integrations, and service-oriented application patterns
- Frontend engineering experience using React, HTML, and CSS, including responsive design, component development, and frontend integration
- Experience with GitHub-based source control, pull requests, code reviews, branching strategies, and collaborative development workflows
- Practical experience using AI-assisted engineering tools with awareness of responsible-use considerations
- Understanding of product development and implementation across discovery, design, build, test, release, and post-production support
- Knowledge of software design principles, secure coding, automated testing, maintainability, performance, and operational readiness
- Strength in planning, estimation, prioritization, dependency management, risk management, and execution across multiple workstreams
- Ability to analyze logs, debug complex issues across application layers, determine root causes, and deliver durable fixes
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, collaboration, mentoring, and decision-making skills
- Ability to learn new technologies and business domains quickly and apply them effectively
- Ability to manage and mentor engineers while contributing directly to design, development, code reviews, debugging, and implementation
- Advanced degree or relevant Azure, engineering, or AI certifications
- Experience developing products in a large, regulated enterprise environment, preferably health care or financial services
- Experience with Azure application services, containers, serverless architectures, managed databases, identity, messaging, and observability capabilities
- Experience with microservices, event-driven architecture, API management, caching, and distributed application patterns
- Experience with CI/CD, automated quality gates, DevSecOps practices, and cloud deployment automation
- Experience with production support, performance tuning, reliability engineering, and secure software delivery
- Knowledge of generative AI application patterns, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, or integrating AI capabilities into software products
Optum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave (six weeks), paid caregiver leave (up to two weeks), Bright Horizons back-up care, and adoption assistance up to $10,000 are prominently included. Feedback suggests these family supports meaningfully aid work-life balance and are often highlighted as strengths.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is available to all employees, including part-time staff, alongside other financial protections like disability and life insurance. Feedback suggests broad access and matching make retirement support a core pillar of the package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan offers discounted company stock, with some roles also eligible for sign-on or performance bonuses. Feedback suggests the ESPP is a standout financial perk that helps employees build ownership over time.
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The Company
What We Do
Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, 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. At Optum, we support your well-being with an understanding team, extensive benefits and rewarding opportunities. By joining us, you’ll have the resources to drive system transformation while we help you take care of your future. We recognize the power of connection to drive change, improve efficiency and make a difference in health care. Join a team where your skills and ideas can make an impact and where collaboration is key to creating technology that produces healthier outcomes.
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Optum Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Optum has three workplace models that balance the needs of the business and the responsibilities of each role. These models, core on‑site (5 days/week), hybrid (4 days/week) and telecommute or fully remote, vary by country, role and location.
Typical time on-site:
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