Software Engineering Lead - Java, Oracle PL, SQL

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:

• End to End Product Engineering Ownership
  • Own delivery across UI, services/APIs, and data layers, turning requirements into working software with solid reliability, performance, and maintainability. Build and support full-stack capabilities spanning front-end development, back-end logic and API interaction, and database integration, while incorporating quality and security practices as part of day-to-day engineering
• Technical Leadership & Cross Functional Collaboration
  • Provide senior level technical leadership by driving solution design, performing code/design reviews, and mentoring engineers. Partner closely with product, business, QA, security, and infrastructure teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions, resolve complex issues, and ensure high quality delivery across releases and production support
• Automation & Continuous Improvement (AI First Mindset)
  • Drive continuous improvement through an automation first and AI aware mindset. Proactively identify opportunities to reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and accelerate delivery using automation, intelligent workflows, and emerging AI capabilities, while ensuring solutions remain scalable, compliant, and aligned with enterprise standards
• 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 equivalent experience
• Solid hands-on experience with Java (Primary) - building enterprise services/APIs, business logic, integrations, and scalable application components. Oracle SQL / PL SQL (Primary)/SQL Server

Preferred Qualification:

• Knowledge of Python or any modern programming language (e.g., C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go) for scripting, automation, utilities, integrations, and productivity accelerators

Expectations:

• Operates independently with minimal oversight
• Owns mission critical components and production outcomes
• Influences technical direction, engineering quality, and delivery execution
• Acts as a trusted technical advisor to leadership and partner teams

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.