Senior Software Engineer

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, and data they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the team at Optum Technology, you will lead the design and implementation of distributed, scalable systems, microservices architectures, and cloud-native solutions that power critical healthcare capabilities. In this role, you will lead complex engineering execution, mentor team members, establish enterprise software standards, and drive automation-first delivery practices. You will work with modern cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP, containerization platforms such as Kubernetes, and deploy AI-powered solutions to solve complex business challenges while driving engineering productivity and operational excellence.

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and delivery of distributed, scalable systems, microservices architectures, RESTful APIs, and asynchronous/event-driven integration patterns
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with an emphasis on responsible use of AI
• Drive cloud-native solutions across AWS, Azure, or GCP environments, including microservices, containerization, Kubernetes, and platform engineering initiatives
• Establish reusable design patterns, enterprise standards, shared components, and development guardrails
• Lead CI/CD pipeline enhancements, release automation, deployment reliability, and continuous delivery improvements
• Ensure production readiness, resilience, and operational excellence through comprehensive logging, tracing, alerting, monitoring dashboards, and root-cause analysis
• Mentor junior software engineers, review technical designs, and champion modern software engineering best practices
• Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and elevate team productivity
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI 

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

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of hands-on experience as a Senior Software Engineer, Senior Backend Engineer, or similar technical engineering role
• 4+ years of strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, microservices, and backend service development
• 2+ years of experience with distributed systems design, API design, integration patterns, and event-driven architectures
• 1+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling, release automation, and modern software delivery practices

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technology field or 4+ years of equivalent software development experience
• Experience with containerization and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience designing, integrating, or deploying AI-powered applications and leveraging AI-assisted development tools
• Experience with application performance monitoring, logging, and observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
• Familiarity with database design, query optimization, and data management in relational or NoSQL systems
• 4+ years of experience building and deploying solutions on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

*All Telecommuters 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 $91,700 - $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

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.

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