Senior Software Engineer II

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:

• Technical Leadership: Lead multiple engineering teams, ensuring delivery of high-quality software solutions
• Architecture and Design: Interpret requirements and design scalable, secure, and maintainable systems
• Mentorship: Guide and mentor engineers across levels, fostering technical growth and best practices
• Innovation: Evaluate new tools, frameworks, and strategies to improve organizational efficiency
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with architects, QA, DevOps, and product teams in a scaled agile environment
• Problem Solving: Provide solutions for complex technical challenges and customer needs
• AI Integration: Design and implement GenAI-powered workflows, including LLM-based agents, prompt orchestration, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
• Go Expertise: Develop backend services and microservices using Golang, ensuring performance and scalability
• AI Governance: Apply responsible AI practices, including security, compliance, and ethical guidelines

• Platform Development: Build reusable GenAI components, APIs, and SDKs for enterprise adoption

• 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 or Master's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years in software engineering
• 4+ years in technical leadership roles
• Technical Skills:
  • Hands-on experience with GenAI frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, OpenAI, Anthropic)
  • Expertise in distributed systems, API design, and cloud-native architectures
  • Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS) and MLOps practices
  • CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and observability tools
  • Proven solid programming in  Java, Python, React
• Soft Skills:
  • Excellent communication and leadership
  • Ability to mentor and influence technical direction

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications: TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, AI/ML certifications
• Experience in healthcare or financial domains
• Proven track record in AI-driven architecture and performance optimization

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.