Lead Software Engineer – 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. 

To support this mission, OSIT has embarked on a multi-year modernization journey, within which the Lead Software Engineer will play a key role: working within our legacy application as we update it to a cloud-native platform which follows modern design standards.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex projects
• Leading the development team in the design, development, coding, testing, deployment, and debugging of applications
• Work with product managers in developing a strategy and road map to provide compelling capabilities for them that helps them succeed in their business goals
• Work closely with other lead engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development
• Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules
• Project management – prioritization, planning of projects and features, stakeholder management and tracking of external commitments
• 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
• Mentoring, career management and development of dotted line reports within the teams aligned to you
• Champion quality best practices and Test-Driven Development
• Lead adoption of Agile best practices
• Incident response – assist with troubleshooting and determining solutions for issues identified in war rooms

The statements listed below are not intended to be all inclusive of the duties and responsibilities of the position. Based on leadership decisions and business needs, “all other duties as assigned” will be expected for each position

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:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Computer Engineering or related field
• 6+ years of experience in the following:
  • Deep hands-on technical expertise in building web applications and RESTful web services
  • Experience working with/responding to critical incidents
  • Full lifecycle of software development projects in an agile environment
  • Domain Driven Design
  • Event Driven Architecture
  • MS SQL, PostgreSQL, or other similar relational database management system
  • .NET Core or similar object oriented programming language
  • Angular, React, or other JavaScript frameworks / libraries
  • Application containerization, deployment, and orchestration across environments
  • CI/CD and test automation
  • Building cloud-native applications in Azure or similar cloud service provider
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with microservices
• Knowledge of Encryption, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), understanding of OWASP
• Basic understanding and ability to troubleshoot applications running within Kubernetes
• Basic understanding of cloud infrastructure (IaC) and automated provisioning & configuration management
• Basic understanding of networking and internet protocols
• Basic understanding of SOLID architectural principals
• Basic understanding of Domain-Driven Design

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

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $110,200 to $188,800 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

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.

OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. 

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