Lead Software Engineer

Lead Software Engineer – Remote, Ireland

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

About the role:

As a Fortune 5 business, we’re one of the world’s leading healthcare companies. There are no limits here on the resources you’ll have or the challenges you’ll encounter. 
We have been supporting global healthcare systems from Ireland and the UK for more than 20 years, building a dynamic and diverse team of more than 2,100 talented individuals. With a continued record of growth and stability, we’re on the constant lookout for fresh talent to join our expanding teams.

As a Lead Software Engineer at Optum, you will be a Senior key hands-on contributor within a team of talented software engineers. You will be a collaborative self-starter who is passionate about design, that can take ownership and drive results. In addition to having impact on a great team, you’ll also discover the career opportunities you’d expect from an industry leader. 
 
Primary Responsibilities of the Lead Software Engineer:

•    Design, develop, and operate secure cloud platform services and software that meet business requirements.
•    Lead a team of cloud platform engineers to ensure that technical solutions align with architectural principles, design patterns, and enterprise security requirements.
•    Demonstrate innovation, streamline processes, and reduce technical debt by standardizing patterns.
•    Automate repetitive tasks, monitor applications, simplify work practices, define metrics, and ensure the operational quality of applications.
•    Manage security controls at the platform level to enable secure, efficient, and policy compliant operations.
•    Collaborate with multiple partner teams to communicate information security guidance and standards and reduce information security risks
•    Provide coaching, mentoring, and leadership to the Cloud Platform team to improve their skills and knowledge.

You will 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 providing development for other roles you may be interested in. 

Required Qualifications of the Lead Software Engineer: 

•    Strong proven experience as a software development engineer or equivalent hands-on experience producing code for production systems.
•    Extensive experience working with Public Cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP, beyond basic IaaS functionality.
•    Experience programming in at least one high-level language (Java, C#, Python, Golang, JavaScript, etc.)
•    Engineering experience in building infrastructure using code and repeatable designs (IaC)
•    Experience in CI/CD practices and tools, specifically GitHub Actions and Jenkins, and source control systems such as Git.
•    Knowledge of containers and orchestration platforms, such as Kubernetes.
•    Proven Experience of leading product engineering teams in direction & mentoring.
•    Experience with Agile/lean development practices as a leader.

Preferred Qualifications of the Lead Software Engineeer:

•    Proven excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
•    Experience with containers and orchestration platforms, such as Kubernetes.
•    Evidence-based approach to decision-making and problem-solving.
•    Design mindset with the ability to construct scalable, distributed services.
•    Proficient in algorithms, data structures, object-oriented programming, and system design
•    Knowledge of API design and lifecycle management (REST, etc.).
•    Expertise in data storage, caching, and optimization (SQL and NoSQL databases)
•    Familiarity with inter-service messaging and stream discovery (SQS, Pub/Sub Kafka, etc.).
•    Proficiency in instrumentation, logging, and tracing tools (Prometheus, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, etc.).

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

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 marginalised 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.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2023 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

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