Primary Responsibilities:
- Leading a team of software engineers: You will be responsible for managing and providing guidance to a team of software engineers, overseeing their work, and ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget.
- Project management: You will be responsible for planning, organizing, and overseeing software development projects from initiation to completion. This includes defining project scope, setting goals, allocating resources, and managing timelines.
- Technical expertise: As a manager, you should have a solid technical background in software engineering. You will be expected to provide technical guidance and mentorship to your team, as well as stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies.
- Team collaboration: You will facilitate effective collaboration within your team and foster a positive work environment. This includes promoting teamwork, facilitating communication, and resolving conflicts.
- Performance management: You will be responsible for evaluating the performance of your team members, providing feedback, and identifying areas for improvement. You will also be involved in hiring and onboarding new team members as needed.
- AI Builder: Design, develop and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI. Use enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks and drive continuous improvement.
- 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:
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
- Leadership experience: Experience in a leadership or managerial role is important. This includes managing software development teams, overseeing projects, and providing technical guidance and mentorship
- 10+ years of IT experience
- Java: 8+ years of solid knowledge and experience in Java programming language
- RESTful APIs: Experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs using Spring Boot, including API documentation (Swagger/Open API) and adhering to best practices
- Agile Methodology: Knowledge of working in Agile development environments, including Scrum or Kanban
- Spring Boot: In-depth understanding and hands-on experience with the Spring Boot framework, including Spring MVC, Spring Data, and Spring Security
- MongoDB: Solid knowledge in working with MongoDB, including data modeling, querying, and using the MongoDB Java driver or Spring Data MongoDB. Preferred if candidate has worked with large data sets containing millions of records
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP): Solid understanding of OOP principles and design patterns
- Communication skills: Proven excellent communication and interpersonal skills are necessary to effectively collaborate with team members, stakeholders, and clients. This includes the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical individuals
Preferred Qualification:
- Cloud - Experience working with AWS or Azure
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.
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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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