Lead Full Stack Engineer

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:

• Lead the design, development, deployment, and support of enterprise-scale software applications and platform services
• Serve as the technical lead for one or more Agile teams, fostering Agile delivery excellence by promoting continuous improvement, team accountability, and effective Scrum practices
• Lead end-to-end project execution, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives
• Coordinate with product managers, architects, engineers, and stakeholders to manage dependencies, risks, priorities, and release plans
• Design and implement scalable, reliable, secure, and high-performing full-stack solutions across web, API, and cloud environments
• Drive technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and engineering best practices
• Mentor and coach engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing
• Ensure software quality through automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and secure development practices
• Support production applications, troubleshoot complex issues, and drive root cause analysis and resolution
• Improve application performance, scalability, observability, and operational excellence
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions that improve business outcomes and engineering productivity
• Contribute to technical roadmaps and align engineering efforts with organizational goals
• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience building cloud-native applications and distributed systems
• Experience with cloud platforms, event-driven architectures, and container technologies
• Experience with monitoring, observability, performance optimization, and operational support
• Experience leading technical initiatives and driving solutions across multiple teams
• Experience mentoring engineers and promoting engineering best practices 
• Significant experience designing and developing enterprise software applications
• Expertise in modern full-stack development technologies, including frontend frameworks, backend services, APIs, and databases
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, and modern software delivery practices
• Solid understanding of software architecture, design patterns, security, and scalability principles
• Demonstrated solid analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills

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.