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

• Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise data architectures across all phases of the software development lifecycle
• Translate business requirements into logical and physical data designs, architecture diagrams, and design documents
• Architect and guide development of Databricks‑based data platforms supporting analytics and reporting use cases
• Provide technical leadership and governance across multiple data engineering initiatives
• Partner with business, product, and analytics teams to ensure data platforms meet reporting and decision‑support needs
• Ensure adherence to agile delivery processes, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and design reviews
• Support production environments, including issue triage, root‑cause analysis, and platform stability improvements
• Mentor and guide data engineers, promoting best practices in data engineering and architecture
• Operate effectively in a flexible working model, including support across global time zones when required
• Own architecture decisions for data platforms and reporting solutions
• Influence technology direction and standards across teams
• Balance scalability, cost, performance, and data accuracy in architectural choices
• Act as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership and business stakeholders
• 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:

• 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering / Data Architecture roles
• Proven experience in designing and building large‑scale data applications
• Proven solid ability to interact with business stakeholders and convert requirements into technical designs
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills
• Proven solid written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly
• Experience working in agile environments and collaborating with cross‑functional teams
• Technical Skills
  • Experience with any enterprise databases (relational or NoSQL)
  • Solid understanding of data pipelines, batch processing, and reporting data preparation
  • Databricks (data processing, transformations, analytics workloads)
  • Azure Data Factory (ADF) for orchestration and data integration
  • PySpark for large‑scale data processing
  • Proven excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Snowflake
• Experience with DataStage or SSIS
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure
• Healthcare domain knowledge
• Exposure to AI tools, accelerators, or data modernization initiatives

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.