Manager Software Engineering – Java

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 are looking for an innovative and experienced technical manager to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of cloud-hosted applications, the latest tech stacks, AI tools, and a commitment to security best practices. This role will also require solid leadership capabilities to guide a team towards continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and maintenance of cloud-hosted applications leveraging the latest tech stacks
• Utilize AI tools such as GitHub Copilot to enhance productivity and efficiency across the team
• Actively develop and implement threat prevention mechanisms and drive security best practices within the team
• Continuously work to remediate critical vulnerabilities, ensuring systems are secure and compliant
• Hold self and team accountable for producing high-quality code and meeting performance standards
• Develop code meaningfully for shared components across products and capabilities
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation within the team
• Solicit personal feedback from team members to identify areas for personal and team improvement
• Seek guidance from subject-matter experts for learning strategies and coaching support
• Lead P1 war rooms, leveraging skilled team members to triage issues
• Ensure systems are kept up to date and compliant with PADU and lead tech debt removal at the platform level
• Take accountability for operational discipline by identifying potential budget issues, demand issues, and non-compliance with operational standards
• Participate in analysis and strive to meet common KPIs and goals
• Implement operational improvements that align with day-to-day business needs
• Manage stakeholder expectations through proactive communication, listening, and speaking their language
• Estimate funding and schedules to meet technical and business needs
• Enforce consistent demand intake and prioritization processes, ensuring backlog items have measurable success criteria
• Build and maintain trusting relationships with key partners to ensure dependencies alignment
• Drive prioritization of automation features in backlogs and achieve automation coverage goals
• Build and grow team expertise in automation technologies
• 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:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in application development

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.