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Software Engineering Lead - Full Stack Java and Angular

Chennai, India

Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

With these values to guide us, our people are committed to making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we are honored to serve.

Software Engineering Lead - Full Stack Java and Angular

Requisition number: 2349022 Job category: Technology Primary location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu Date posted: 05/14/2026 Overtime status: Exempt Travel: No

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:

  • Act as senior developer by providing technical support to team members
  • Act as a technical SME for the team, interact with onshore architect, technical leads and business analysts and explains requirements to team members
  • Participate in solutioning and development of existing and new features
  • Drive technical quality and delivery for a scrum team
  • Works on complex user stories
  • Proactive for looking at span of ownership and adjacent areas with a start-up mind set, demonstrates thought leadership and looks for value creation opportunities like process optimization, improvement in user experience, reduction in engineering costs, reduction in infra costs, reduction in cycle times, reduction in tech debt etc.
  • Advises and supports Engineering Manager and Sr IC for creating case for new found opportunities, and works for funding from business
  • Reviews and challenges requirements, wireframes, features etc from point of view of business, user or customer, and suggests meaningful changes resulting in better functional design
  • Analyses and investigations
  • Provides explanations and interpretations within area of expertise
  • 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 degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 6+ years of experience on full stack Java and Angular based development
  • Good hands-on experience on Spring Boot applications with high configurability
  • Experience in Cloud Computing technologies
  • Solid knowledge of Azure Cloud and Kubernetes
  • Understanding of functional area and feature
  • Good understanding of who are end users, who is customer, understanding of end-user pain points
  • Basic understanding of AI and AI enabled development
  • Highly proficient in Database and migration of Database over various platforms
  • Proven solid object-oriented programming skills
  • Proven solid analytical skills and experience on proof-of-concept development
  • Proven good on design and application architecture principles and should have good handle on GoF design patterns
  • Proven good team player, change/innovation agents and self-starter on different techs
  • Proven ready to take up any technical challenges and should be research oriented
  • Proven skill relating to Cloud migration for DB (moving away from Oracle)

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.

Benefits

Our mission of helping people live healthier lives extends to our team members. Learn more about our range of benefits designed to help you live well.

Life

Resources and support to focus on what matters most to you, in every facet of your life.

Emotional

Education, tools and resources to help you reduce and manage stress, build resilience and more.

Physical

Health plans and other coverage to support wellness for you and your loved ones.

Financial

Benefits for today and to help you plan for the future, including your retirement.

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