Senior Manager Software Engineering

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:

• Coach your direct reports, actively assist them in developing a fulfilling career whilst providing impactful value through technology to the members we serve in the healthcare system
• Support your team's architectural and technical decision-making
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and senior leadership to turn vision into a roadmap
• Maintain a solid culture of engineering excellence with the user experience at the center, focusing on CI/CD, DevOps, TDD, SRE, Security Monitoring, etc.
• Maintain open, inclusive, and unbiased communication and decision-making practices
• Drive engineering quality and maintain impeccable SLAs
• Define, plan, and drive improvements in design, coding practices, and technology
• Participate in Scrum meetings, design reviews, test case reviews, and production support readiness reviews for new releases; provide inputs for go/no-go decisions
• 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 degree in Computer Science
• 12+ years of software development and engineering experience, including hands-on experience delivering enterprise-scale technology solutions
• Senior-level software development background in object-oriented design and implementation including design patterns, data structures and test-driven development
• Experienced in both frontend and backend development tasks, working with technologies such as GoLang, HTMX, Java, React.js, .NET Core, C#, Console Applications, REST APIs, web development frameworks (ASP.NET Core & ASP.NET Web Forms), JavaScript, Node.js, jQuery, CSS and related frameworks
• Hands-on experience working in Azure cloud platforms or other cloud platforms
• Solid experience in database (MS SQL Server) development such as stored procedures, views, functions, etc.
• Solid experience in automating build processes, application deployments and continuous integration systems
• Experience working with AI and building AI agents
• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
• Experience in managing through goals and metrics
• Experience in a similar role mentoring software engineering professionals
• Experience delivering software using an Agile/Scrum methodology
• Demonstrated solid desire to learn about new trends and technologies
• Demonstrated solid communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in CI/CD environments with Jenkins, Terraform, GitHub and Containerization
• Experience with SQL, relational and graph databases
• Experience with messaging systems
• Experience in the healthcare industry
• Working knowledge of APIs

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.