Lead Software Engineer – Optum Serve – Remote

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here’s your opportunity. We’re going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 

Optum Serve is dedicated to serving our nation’s military and Veterans. We have the honor to support federal agencies in their efforts to advance the United States health care system and improve the overall health and well-being of all those who serve or have served our country. Our health services are designed to help everyone live healthier lives.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Designs, codes, tests and debugs applications and components that meet all technical specifications and business requirements per assigned work items
• Work closely with lead engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development
• Collaborates closely with Business Analysts on developing requirements and may assist with estimating
• Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines with optimal solutions
• Operational Excellence – build, deploy, monitor, and operation of production services
• Mentors other software engineers

You’ll 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 provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in full lifecycle of software development projects in an agile environment along with building web applications and RESTful web services
• 2+ years of experience in MS SQL, PostgreSQL, or other similar relational database management system
• 2+ years of .NET Core or similar object-oriented programming language
• 2+ years of experience with Angular, React, or other JavaScript frameworks / libraries
• 2+ years of experience with application containerization, deployment, and orchestration across environments
• 2+ years of experience with CI/CD and test automation
• 2+ years of experience building cloud-native applications in Azure or similar cloud service provider
• United States citizenship is required for this position
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a suitability or determination of eligibility for a Confidential/Secret or Top Secret security clearance
• If you are offered this position, you will be required to provide extensive personal information to obtain and maintain a suitability or determination of eligibility for a Confidential/Secret or Top Secret security clearance as a condition of your employment 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Computer Engineering or related field and/or relevant experience
• 2+ years of experience with Domain Driven Design and Event Driven Architecture
• 2+ years of experience troubleshooting applications running within Kubernetes
• 2+ years of cloud infrastructure and automated provisioning & configuration management
• 2+ years of experience with networking and internet protocols
• 2+ years of experience with Azure DevOps pipelines
• 1+ years of experience with GitOps principles (and tools like Flux or Argo CD)
• 1+ years of experience with Encryption, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), understanding of OWASP
• 1+ years of experience with LeSS / Large Scale Scrum

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy 

The salary range for this role is $106,800 to $194,200 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. 

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. 

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: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers 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.   

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.