Senior Software Engineer II – React Native, Mobile Release Engineer, People Management

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

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Mobile Release Engineer to manage and streamline the release process for our mobile applications across iOS and Android platforms. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with app store deployments, performance monitoring, CI/CD pipelines, and cross-functional collaboration in a federated team environment.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage end-to-end mobile app releases on App Store and Google Play Store, ensuring timely and quality deployments
• Monitor app performance using tools like Datadog, Grafana, and other observability platforms
• Coordinate with federated teams across geographies, leading release calls and ensuring alignment on timelines and deliverables
• Utilize GitHub and GitHub Actions for version control, CI/CD workflows, and cherry-picking commits for hotfixes and patch releases
• Handle ServiceNow operations including change requests, issue triaging, assignment, and ensuring adherence to SLOs
• Collaborate with QA and development teams to identify and execute production and regression test cases
• Work closely with business stakeholders, product managers, and engineering teams to align on release goals and priorities
• Contribute to initiatives focused on AI-driven automation and process optimization.(Preferred) Familiarity with AWS and cloud-native architectures
• 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, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience:
• 9+ years of experience in mobile app release management or DevOps
• Proven experience in developing mobile applications using React Native
• Hands on experience on React Native
• Experience working in agile, federated team environments
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation tools
• Proven excellent communication and coordination skills
• Passion for automation, innovation, and continuous improvement

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.