Senior Software Engineering Lead

Requisition Number: 2342536
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.
We are seeking an experienced Sr Software Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, cloud-native architectures, Databricks, and Azure. The ideal candidate will lead high-performing engineering teams, contribute to technical strategy, and architect scalable enterprise solutions, including AI/ML-driven capabilities.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership & Architecture
  • Apply object-oriented design principles and industry-recommended design patterns to build robust and scalable systems
  • Lead architecture and design of large-scale platform products with an enterprise-wide perspective
  • Architect and build cloud-native applications on Azure (and optionally one additional cloud provider)
  • Develop digital solution blueprints and architect digital-native platforms such as patient portals, provider portals, and mobile applications
  • Oversee the design of end-to-end AI/ML systems including data pipelines, model training, deployment, and monitoring
  • Select suitable AI/ML algorithms, frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch), and cloud infrastructure components
• Engineering Excellence
  • Provide technical guidance to teams and champion engineering best practices
  • Conduct design and code reviews to ensure high-quality deliverables
  • Drive improvements in code quality, automation, CI/CD, test coverage, and inspection processes
  • Ensure adherence to secure coding, performance tuning, and architectural governance
• Development & Delivery
  • Lead development of Java-based applications using Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, API, Microservices patterns, Azure cloud and Databricks
  • Guide teams in building responsive backend applications using modern frameworks/technology
  • Work with modern data platforms including RDBMS (SQL Server/Oracle), SQL MI, and Databricks for data engineering and analytics
  • Collaborate on solutions involving streaming platforms and integration technologies (e.g., Kafka)
  • Manage full software development lifecycle from requirements to deployment and support
• Stakeholder & Client Management
  • Collaborate with product owners, architects, and cross-functional teams to define technology roadmaps
  • Prepare client-ready technical material, solution documentation, and architectural presentations
  • Facilitate strategy and architecture discussions with clients, leadership, and other stakeholders
• Works with less structured, more complex issues
• Serves as a resource to others
• 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:

• Graduation degree
• Solid hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, Angular, Azure, Python, MicroServices, Kafka, API, Azure cloud, Databricks
• Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams
• Expertise with Databricks, SQL MI, and enterprise-grade RDBMS solutions
• Good understanding of AI/ML concepts, pipelines, and model deployment frameworks
• Proven excellent communication and client-facing skills

Preferred Qualification:

• Experience building applications on Azure; additional experience with AWS or GCP

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.