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:

• Lead architecture design and technical direction for Railroad web platforms built on Microsoft and Azure technologies
• Manage, mentor, and oversee developers while maintaining hands-on involvement in complex engineering and architecture efforts
• Drive application modernization initiatives, including migration of legacy .NET and mainframe CICS platforms to modern .NET and cloud-native Azure services
• Define and guide distributed and microservices-based architectures to improve scalability, resilience, and deployment flexibility
• Own technical decisions related to Azure App Services, Azure Functions, hosting topology, scalability, high availability, disaster recovery, and operational readiness
• Lead secure integration design across web applications, APIs, identity platforms, databases, batch workloads, and enterprise services
• Improve observability, performance, logging, and telemetry to support highly reliable production systems
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions
• Lead architecture, design, and code reviews to promote best practices, secure coding, and maintainability
• Provide leadership during production incidents, platform stability initiatives, and cross environment troubleshooting
• Support engineering excellence through CI/CD, release management, platform stability, and continuous improvement practices
• Coach developers, support career growth, and contribute to performance feedback and evaluation activities
• 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:

• Graduate degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of enterprise experience designing, developing, and supporting Microsoft-based web applications
• 3+ years of prior knowledge and hands-on experience working with Railroad applications
• Experience/Expertise in Azure with focus on App services and plans, messaging and storage interactions, MVC .Net Core (C#.Net) and Angular
• Experience architecting and delivering Azure-based enterprise platforms using Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure SQL, and Key Vault
• Experience designing distributed systems and microservices architectures for large-scale enterprise use
• Experience leading technical teams, guiding architecture decisions, and overseeing delivery across multiple developers
• Solid background with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, source control, and automation tooling
• Solid hands-on expertise with .NET / .NET Core / ASP.NET, C#, Web APIs, and modern Microsoft development frameworks
• Demonstrated application security experience including authentication/authorization, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, and secure development practices
• Demonstrated ability to support business hours with flexibility for deployments, major incidents, and operational needs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Azure or Microsoft certifications
• Experience supporting healthcare, regulated, or security-sensitive enterprise platforms
• Experience with Azure private cloud or hybrid environments (Azure Stack / Azure Stack Hub)
• Experience driving platform modernization initiatives impacting large user populations
• Exposure to AI-assisted development tools or integrating AI-enabled capabilities into enterprise solutions
• Knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, application monitoring, performance tuning, and secure configuration

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Solid architectural communication skills, able to influence technical direction across teams and stakeholders
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deliver complex initiatives
• Collaborative mindset across product, engineering, infrastructure, security, and operations
• Comfortable operating in complex, distributed, and evolving enterprise environments
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, guide architecture decisions, and continuously improve engineering practices

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.