Lead Software Engineer - Remote

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As a Lead Software Engineer within the Chief Digital Office (CDO) Consumer Engineering team, you will drive the architectural direction, engineering excellence, and end-to-end delivery of scalable, secure, and highly available enterprise software solutions. You will provide technical leadership across engineering teams, champion modern cloud-native engineering practices, and build digital software platforms that directly improve consumer health experiences. In this role, you will partner closely with product managers, enterprise architects, and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into reliable, high-performing applications while leveraging automation and enterprise-approved AI tools to drive continuous innovation.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, implementation, and support of scalable, secure, and highly available enterprise software solutions
• Provide technical leadership and architectural direction across multiple applications, platforms, and engineering teams
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions and delivery plans
• Drive end-to-end ownership of software delivery, including solution design, coding, testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support
• Establish and enforce engineering standards, best practices, coding guidelines, and software quality controls
• Lead code reviews, design reviews, and technical decision-making processes to ensure maintainable and high-performing solutions
• Mentor and coach software engineers, fostering technical growth, innovation, and engineering excellence
• Design and implement cloud-native, API-driven, and microservices-based solutions utilizing modern engineering patterns
• Identify and resolve complex technical challenges, performance bottlenecks, and production issues
• Drive DevSecOps, CI/CD, automation, observability, and operational excellence initiatives
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery of strategic business and technology objectives
• Ensure compliance with enterprise security, privacy, governance, and regulatory requirements
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with an emphasis on the responsible use of AI
• Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline software engineering workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement
• Evaluate emerging technology trends and AI capabilities to inform solution design and strategic innovation

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience developing and supporting enterprise applications
• 5+ years of experience with modern programming languages such as Java, Python, C#, JavaScript, or similar technologies
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architectures
• 5+ years of expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• 5+ years of experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• 5+ years of understanding of software design patterns, scalability, resiliency, performance optimization, and system reliability
• 5+ years of experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, DevOps, and infrastructure automation practices
• 3+ years of technical leadership experience leading engineering teams, projects, or major technology initiatives
• 1+ years of hands-on experience with prompt engineering experience using frontier LLM models

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, or related technical certifications
• Experience with healthcare technology, healthcare data, FHIR, interoperability, or regulated environments
• Experience building enterprise platforms supporting high-volume, mission-critical workloads Demonstrated solid analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with observability, monitoring, logging, and site reliability engineering practices
• Experience mentoring engineers and building high-performing engineering teams
• Experience driving platform transformation, modernization, and engineering productivity initiatives
• Knowledge of AI/ML, data engineering, analytics, or cloud modernization initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives from concept through production deployment

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 - $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.