Software Engineering Manager – Cebu

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

We live in a time of unprecedented technical capability and possibility. Health care is at a pivotal point in this journey where even small gains can lead to major transformation. You could be a part of that – you have tremendous skill and the potential to make a lasting impact. Optum Technology is uniquely positioned to bring your skills to bear on these pressing and life-changing technical challenges. The health care industry has an immediate need for your drive, innovation, passion and technical insight. Help us help the millions of people we serve each day.

The candidate will manage 1-2 Agile Scrum teams each with 5-6 Full Stack Software Engineers, a shared Scrum Lead, and other cross-functional partners. This candidate will have HR responsibility for the members of their team.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Team Management: Manage a team of 6 to 8 Software Engineers and Agile Practitioners
  
• Development: Participate in all phases of software engineering including requirements analysis, application design, code development, and testing with a focus on Java and/or Golang or similar languages
• Pipeline Ownership: Own the build/deploy/release process and find ways to automate and improve our pipeline at every step
• Design and Architecture: Design reusable components, frameworks, and libraries
• Code Review: Review code and provide feedback relative to best practices and improving performance
• Agile Methodology: Participate in Agile / Scrum / Kanban methodologies to deliver high-quality software releases every 2 weeks
• Mentorship: Mentor and guide other software engineers within the team
• Innovation: Develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will enable team velocity
• Collaboration: Collaborate on the design with other team members and product owners, both inside and outside the scrum team
• Quality Assurance: Conduct design and code reviews to ensure code meets coding best practices guidelines, unit testing, security, and scalability, and maintainability guidelines
• Compliance: Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies, and procedures, and any directives related to work location, team changes, work shifts, flexibility of work benefits, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions due to the changing business environment
• 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:

• Production Software: 5+ years of experience building and shipping production software in a scaled distributed environment, preferably in public cloud (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
• Engineering Management: 5+ years of experience managing software engineers, agile practitioners, performing software engineering, using Git, automated testing frameworks, and relational databases. Experience handling projects using the following tech stacks: Full stack and UX Engineers, Native Coding on mobile platforms, React/React Native experience
• Agile Frameworks: 5+ years of experience handling projects using different Agile frameworks such as Scrum, SAFe, LeSS, etc.
• Full Stack Development: Experience with Full Stack Development (Java, Golang) or similar languages
• Database Experience: Experience with relational databases, NoSQL databases, and Docker (Microsoft SQL Server & DynamoDB preferred)
• AI Integration: Knowledge and experience in integrating AI technologies into software engineering processes and products. Ability to leverage AI for improving development workflows, enhancing product features, and optimizing team performance
• Communication: Proven excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical colleagues.
• Commitment: Commitment to quality, performance, and efficiency

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare domain background 
• Deep understanding of industry patterns for application architecture and integration 
• Familiar with Observability tools like Datadog, Grafana, or Splunk in creating system alarms and dashboards for system and application monitoring
• Familiarity with ServiceNow in managing Production incidents and OnCall support

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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