The Role
Leads the design, development, optimization, and operation of scalable data platforms, pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and integration solutions. Provides technical leadership to data engineers, establishes modeling, governance, quality, security, and CI/CD standards, and architects cloud solutions using Azure, Snowflake, Fabric, Kafka, Airflow, and Spark. Partners with business and engineering teams, manages production reliability, contributes to platform strategy, and develops AI-powered applications.
Summary Generated by Built In
Requisition Number: 2395439
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:
Required Qualifications:
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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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:
- Ability to interact with business users, IT and customers to define application requirements
- Ability to write the code and review the code of the engineers and lead engineering teams
- Involve in critical and complex technical discussions
- Ability to prioritize and manage work to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment
- Works with less structured, more complex issues
- Serves as a resource to others
- Data Architecture & Design
- Design and maintain scalable data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and integration solutions
- Define data modelling standards (dimensional, relational, NoSQL)
- Architect and optimize platforms using Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure data services
- Technical Leadership
- Lead and mentor data engineers; enforce coding, testing, and CI/CD best practices
- Drive adoption of modern tools (Kafka, Airflow, Spark, Fabric, Snowflake)
- Evaluate and implement emerging technologies
- Data Engineering & Optimization
- Build and optimize batch and real-time pipelines across APIs, databases, and streams
- Ensure performance, cost efficiency, scalability, and reliability
- Automate workflows for resilience
- Data Quality & Governance
- Implement data validation, lineage, and governance frameworks
- Ensure compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, etc.) and maintain metadata/catalog tools (Purview, etc.)
- Collaboration & Delivery
- Partner with business, analytics, and engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions
- Translate business requirements into technical designs
- Cloud & DevOps
- Implement cloud-based solutions (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP exposure)
- Manage CI/CD, IaC (Terraform), monitoring, and cost optimization
- Production Operations
- Ensure pipeline reliability, handle incidents, and perform root cause analysis
- Define SLAs/SLOs and maintain monitoring/runbooks
- Strategy
- Contribute to data roadmap and platform modernization
- Improve data accessibility and align with long-term business goals
- Builder Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions using no-code, low-code, and advanced platforms, translating business needs into scalable applications that enhance products, workflows, and decision-making
- 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 or equivalent experience
- 7+ years in Data Engineering (ETL/ELT with SQL, Python, Spark/PySpark)
- 7+ years experience and solid Snowflake expertise (modelling, performance tuning, Snowpipe, Streams, secure sharing)
- 4+ years with Azure ecosystem (ADF, Synapse, ADLS, Purview) and Snowflake
- 2+ years in DevOps (CI/CD, Git, Terraform, Docker/Kubernetes)
- Experience with Kafka/Event Hubs and Airflow/Fabric pipelines
- Experience in data modelling, Lakehouse/data lake architectures, and NoSQL systems
- Experience in data governance, metadata, lineage, and compliance standards
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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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of data engineering experience with ETL/ELT, SQL, Python, and Spark/PySpark
- 7+ years of experience with solid Snowflake expertise, including modeling, performance tuning, Snowpipe, Streams, and secure sharing
- 4+ years of experience with the Azure ecosystem, including Azure Data Factory, Synapse, ADLS, Purview, and Snowflake
- 2+ years of DevOps experience with CI/CD, Git, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Experience with Kafka or Event Hubs and Airflow or Fabric pipelines
- Experience with data modeling, lakehouse and data lake architectures, and NoSQL systems
- Experience with data governance, metadata, lineage, and compliance standards
Optum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is generally described as decent or good, and many note it as a strong part of the package. Actual ability to take time off can depend on workload and team coverage.
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Retirement Support — Offerings include a 401(k) with employer match and access to an employee stock purchase plan, which are highlighted as meaningful components of total rewards. These programs are consistently referenced among core benefits.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and caregiver leave, along with adoption assistance, are publicly highlighted and viewed as notable elements of the package. Availability can be role-specific, but these supports contribute to overall breadth where offered.
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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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