Senior Manager Software Engineering

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.  

Primary Responsibilities:

• Partner with business leadership to manage user stories and project commitments in an agile framework, rapidly delivering value to customers
• Mentor and lead engineering teams to perform at a high level, fostering growth and accountability
• Manage multiple geographically distributed Scrum teams, ensuring alignment, collaboration, and timely delivery across time zones
• Own the technology stack and drive modern, innovative solutions to complex problems across the application portfolio
• Ensure compliance with employment terms, company policies, and directives, including flexibility in work arrangements and evolving business needs
• Provide leadership and accountability for the performance of individual contributors
• Continuously improve applications across design, build, deploy, test, and runtime phases within cloud ecosystems
• Contribute to full software development lifecycle including design, development, unit testing, system testing, and test automation
• Develop and maintain software components using modern technologies such as Java/J2EE, Angular, React, Microservices, Apache Kafka, and Spring
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in a distributed and dynamic platform
• Prioritize and manage work to meet critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment
• Collaborate with geographically distributed Agile teams to deliver high-quality solutions
• Support quality engineering efforts, including mentoring, assistance, and writing/executing automation tests as needed
• 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 or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
• 15+ years of experience as a Full Stack Engineer with solid proficiency in Java/J2EE and SpringBoot
• 6+ years of experience managing and leading engineering teams
• 3+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in production cloud (public or private)
• 1+ years of experience integrating Generative AI capabilities into enterprise applications
• Hands-on experience using design patterns
• Hands-on experience delivering engineering solutions in cloud environments
• Hands-on experience with DevOps tools including:
• Build automation tools: Hudson, Jenkins, Travis CI or equivalent
• Build tools: Maven, ANT, Gradle or equivalent
• Source control tools: Git, GitHub, SVN or equivalent
• Broad technology experience including complex systems integration
• Experience setting up CI/CD and continuous testing pipelines
• Experience with modern open-source technologies including Kafka and Kubernetes
• Experience working in the healthcare industry or other regulated environments
• Solid experience in software architecture and solution design
• Knowledge of CI/CD, security, and vulnerability tools including Maven, Jenkins, ServiceNow API integration, Stargate, Fortify, Sonar or equivalent
• Solid hands-on knowledge in JUnit or equivalent testing frameworks
• Solid hands-on knowledge in PL/SQL and Oracle database
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles including algorithms, data structures, schemas, queries, system design, unit testing, code reviews, Agile, and DevOps
• Good understanding of SCRUM and Agile best practices
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive adoption of AI copilots for engineering and business operations
• Led initiatives to embed generative AI into CI/CD pipelines for intelligent automation and code quality insights
• Test-driven development (TDD) and automated testing frameworks
• Demonstrated solid analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Demonstrated ability to self-learn and adapt to new technologies
• Proven to be a hands-on leader with the ability to optimize code and maintain good design practices
• Proven team player, thought leader, and innovation agent across diverse tech stacks
• Proven strength in design and application architecture principles
• Proven readiness to take on technical challenges with a research-oriented mindset
• Proven adaptability to learn and apply the latest technologies as per business needs
• Proven strategic thinker with awareness of market trends
• Proven ability to comprehend requirements and create robust, resilient database designs
• Proven ability to guide teams and communicate status effectively to senior management
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences

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.