Senior Manager Software Engineering – Java Fullstack

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. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of up to 15 employees and contracting resources
• Hands on with the tech stack
• Oversee the design, development, and modernization of applications, particularly in API space
• Optimize infrastructure costs and streamline processes
• Set up and manage DevOps tools for CI/CD and CT setups
• Ensure solutions align with business and IT goals
• Collaborate with business partners to understand system functionality
• Review code, provide feedback, and improve performance
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring on-time and within-budget delivery
• Provide guidance to team members and report status to senior management
• Partner with Business, Technical and Strategic Product Leads to manage project commitments in an agile framework; rapidly delivering value to our customers via technology solutions
• Manage IT staffing, including recruitment, supervision, scheduling, capacity planning, employee development, evaluation, and disciplinary actions
• Own the applications technology stack and drive modern solutions to complex problems
• 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:

• 12+ years as a Full Stack Engineer with proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and other backend languages
• 3+ years with Microsoft Azure
• Experience in managing/modernizing legacy applications
• Experience in designing and developing on-prem and cloud-based applications
• Experience with MVC, SOA, and high configurability applications
• Experience in optimizing infrastructure costs
• Experience with DevOps tools for CI/CD and CT setups
• Experience in waterfall and agile practices
• Experience with cloud technologies and distributed architecture design patterns
• Experience with SQL, relational and graph databases, and messaging systems(mongodb and mysql)
• Experience in the healthcare industry
• Experience with modern open-source technologies (Kafka, Kubernetes)
• Experience with cloud computing technologies (primarily Azure, Google Cloud)
• Experience with API management platforms and microservices architecture
• Experience with CI/CD environments (Jenkins, Terraform, GitHub, Containerization)
• Experience with UX development (Angular version 8+ and react/native preferred)

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.