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Senior Manager Software Engineering - Pune

Chennai, India

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Senior Manager Software Engineering - Pune

Requisition number: 2330746 Job category: Technology Primary location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu Date posted: 03/31/2026 Overtime status: Exempt Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

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:

Leading a team to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and continuously improve software with an AI-first mindset
Partnering with business leadership to manage user stories and project commitments within an agile framework, ensuring rapid delivery of value to customers
Mentoring the engineering team to perform at their highest potential
Owning the application technology stack and driving modern, AI-powered solutions to complex problems
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:

Core Experience & Engineering Skills
- 11+ years of hands-on experience delivering engineering solutions on complex platforms.
- 1+ months of experience developing AI-powered solutions using no-code, low-code, and advanced platforms, translating business needs into scalable applications.
- Solid understanding of software engineering processes, including:
  - GenAI
  - Design patterns
  - Algorithms and data structures
  - Schemas and queries
  - System design
  - Unit testing and code reviews
  - Agile and DevOps practices
Architecture, Cloud & DevOps
- 2+ years of hands-on experience with production cloud environments (public or private).
- Experience with teams leveraging:
  - CI/CD tools
  - REST API development
  - Serverless architecture
  - Containerization
  - Infrastructure as code
  - Public and private cloud environments
  - Web applications and web services
  - Application observability
  - Messaging/stream architecture
Leadership & Communication
- 2+ years of previous IT leadership experience.
- Experience leading multiple cross-functional teams, including:
  - Solution Design
  - Development
  - Quality Engineering
  - DevOps
- Proven excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in a global team with a positive spirit.
- Proven solid communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Technical Skill Requirements
- Java & Enterprise Technologies
- 12+ years of Java/J2EE experience.
- Solid experience with:
  - Linux and Linux-based tools
  - Designing software solutions and architecture
  - Applying design patterns
  - Analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Proficiency in:
  - Struts
  - Spring / Spring Boot
  - JSP
  - JSF
  - Hibernate
  - JMS
  - Webservices
  - JUnit or equivalent frameworks
  - PL/SQL and relational databases
DevOps & Tooling
- Familiarity with DevOps tools such as:
  - Hudson
  - Jenkins
  - Travis CI
  - Maven
  - ANT
  - Gradle
  - Git
  - GitHub
  - SVN
Modern Platforms & Frameworks
- Knowledge of:
  - Java
  - AKS
  - Spring Boot
  - GitHub
  - SQL
  - Microservices
  - Agile
- Familiarity with React or Angular via no-code platforms.

This role is open for candidates based in Pune.

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.

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