Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Remote

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Software engineering is the application of engineering to the design, development, implementation, testing and maintenance of software in a systematic method. The roles in this function will cover all primary development activity across all technology functions that ensure we deliver code with high quality for our applications, products, and services and to understand customer needs and to develop product roadmaps.
These roles include, but are not limited to analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, new development, operations, and delivery. With every role in the company, each position has a requirement for building quality into every output. This also includes evaluating new tools, new techniques, strategies; Automation of common tasks; build of common utilities to drive organizational efficiency with a passion around technology and solutions and influence of thought and leadership on future capabilities and opportunities to apply technology in new and innovative ways.

• Company thought leader
• Functional SME
• Broad business approach
• Resource to senior leadership
• Develops pioneering approaches to emerging industry trends

The Sr. Manager, Software Engineering serves as the technology leader working to ensure engineering operational excellence. The role is responsible for the overall operational excellence of the product area, consisting of 3-8 feature teams, to ensure we have high performing feature teams that are tackling the highest priority work and leveraging current development practices to deliver high quality features that align to the business needs. You will focus on execution as well as serve as a mentor in leading through digital and organizational transformation.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Engage with product and technology leaders to gain understanding of the business strategy, vision and priority
• Lead multiple engineering/feature teams & drive operational excellence
• Implement Agile software development and automation across all technology platforms
• Identify gaps in skills in your product and align those gaps to the upskilling curriculum, using influence to reprioritize as needed
• Actively participate in all product area events (Daily Scrum, Refinement, Sprint Review, Retrospectives)
• Serve as a partner to the Product Owner (PO) to improve our operational excellence, identify areas of opportunity as well as celebrate successes
• Serve as technical co-owner-in partnership with other product technical leaders-for the platforms, portals and systems that underlie our product areas
• Partners with the PO, Lead Software Engineer (LSE) and teams when vulnerabilities, issues or remediations are required
• Provides guidance to the teams during product refinement, analysis, solutioning, and delivery of the work
• Regular 1:1s with all technical team members in the Product
• Provide meaningful feedback to the Talent Advocates (people managers)
• Provide an excellent onboarding experience for all new team members joining the product to include: team alignment, applications, processes, and tools
• Observe and update policies related to our Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Assists the Scrum Masters and Feature teams in clearing large obstacles
• Keep current with modern technologies and enterprise systems to maintain a wide body of knowledge; regularly teach concepts for colleagues
• Serves as a mentor to colleagues with regards to developing strong business relationships and leading through organizational transformation

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in leading multi-faceted development Teams
• 4+ years of experience in the implementation of Domain-Driven-Design and Event-Driven-Architecture
• 4+ years of strong Experience in implementing microservices architecture
• 4+ years of Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• 4+ years of experience in programming languages (e.g., .Net, Angular)
• 4+ years of experience leading in an Agile organization
• 3+ years of experience with DevOps practices and tools
• 2+ years of experience with integration technologies, middleware, and protocols
• 2+ years of experience with Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and messaging systems
• Experience creating & owning business-enabling multiple technology roadmaps
• Experience leading through influence in a complex, large, matrixed, global environment
• Knowledge of networking and internet protocols
• Knowledge of Encryption, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), understanding of OWASP
• Proven history of success with application modernization and rationalization
• Proven track record of leading through other leaders
• Demonstrated strategic thinking abilities and an enterprise-wide perspective
• Proven expertise in Agile and DevOps methodologies
• Demonstrated track record of developing enterprise platforms and leading large scale/high transaction digital experiences
• Proven expertise applying architecture and engineering practices to drive business value
• Proven history of executing with excellence: setting purposeful goals and achieving them through intelligent actions, which balancing competing priorities without losing momentum behind execution
• Proven deep hands-on technical expertise in building web applications and RESTful web services
• Proven fosters accountability, transparent communication, innovation and leading by example
• Proven outstanding collaboration, strong influencing, problem solving and negotiation skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related field or equivalent 6+ years of experience
• Azure certifications
  • 3+ of the following:
    Experience with Angular, React, or other JavaScript frameworks / libraries
  • Experience with application containerization, deployment, and orchestration across environments
  • Experience with CI/CD and test automation
  • Experience with building and deploying containers
  • Experience in deployment patterns including Blue/Green, Rolling, and Canary
  • Experience with MS SQL, PostgreSQL, or other similar relational database management
  • Experience with Web APIs and (REST) based communication
  • Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, Terraform
  • Experience building cloud-native applications in Azure, AWS, or Google
  • Experience in automated configuration management tools such as Chef, Puppet, or Ansible
  • Experience with FedRAMP and NIST SP 800-53
  • Experience writing and testing Web parts, content types, event handlers, custom workflows, and site definitions
• 2+ years of industry experience in full-stack development
• 2+ years of government contracting experience

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
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.
OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.