Senior Software Engineer I

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:

• Leadership & Team Management
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software and data engineers
  • Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, architecture guidance, and process improvements
  • Collaborate with product, architecture, and business teams to deliver high quality solutions
  • Own sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and release management
• Technical Delivery & Architecture
  • Oversee the design and development of data pipelines, ETL workflows, and integration solutions
  • Drive modernization of legacy systems, ensuring:
    • Improved scalability and performance
    • Reduction of redundancy and complexity
    • Adoption of cloud native and microservices-based architectures
  • Architect and implement solutions leveraging:
    • Azure Cloud services
    • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    • CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation
• Python & Data Engineering
  • Provide solid hands-on and oversight experience in:
    • Python-based data processing
    • Workflow orchestration (Airflow, Prefect, etc.)
    • ETL implementation and data transformation frameworks
    • API and batch processing development
  • Review and optimize large-scale data engineering workloads
• ETL & Data Pipelines
  • Lead complex ETL pipeline architecture, including:
    • Data ingestion, transformation, validation, and error handling
    • Performance optimization and operational resilience
  • Advantageous: Experience guiding teams using Talend or similar ETL tools
• SQL Server Engineering
  • Oversee schema design and database architecture
  • Guide teams in:
    • Query optimization
    • Indexing strategy
    • Execution plan analysis
  • Manage or advise on migrations from legacy SQL workloads to modern architecture
• Azure Cloud & Kubernetes
  • Architect scalable solutions using Azure components:
    • AKS for compute
    • Blob Storage for data storage
    • Key Vault, Managed Identities, RBAC for security
  • Lead deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of microservices on AKS or equivalent Kubernetes platforms
  • Define containerization, image management, and runtime best practices
• CI/CD, DevOps & Automation
  • Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using:
    • Azure DevOps
    • GitHub Actions
    • Jenkins
  • Define branching strategies, release automation, and environment promotion workflows
  • Oversee container registry management and secure image handling
• Modernization & Cloud-Native Transformation
  • Lead end-to-end modernization initiatives including:
    • Re-architecting monoliths to microservices
    • Migrating workloads to Azure cloud
    • Enhancing reliability, observability, and performance
  • Implement strategies to reduce technical debt and improve operational efficiency
• 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:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• Overall 10+ years of experience in development project
• Experience with Python (Data processing, ETL frameworks, API development)
• Experience with Data Engineering - orchestration, ingestion, transformation, large-scale batch processing
• Experience with SQL Server - schema design, tuning, migration strategies
• Experience with Azure Cloud - AKS, Blob Storage, Key Vault, Managed Identity
• Experience with Kubernetes - containerization, deployment, scaling, monitoring
• Experience with CI/CD & DevOps - Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
• Experience with Git - branching strategies, automation, release workflows

Preferred Qualifications:

• Azure Certification(s) - AZ 900, AZ 204, AZ 305, or Kubernetes certifications
• Experience with FACETS (Claims, Provider, Membership modules)

• Knowledge of Healthcare Payer domain, including HIPAA, EDI 837/835 transactions

Soft Skills

• Solid analytical and architectural thinking
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Ability to guide teams through ambiguity and complex engineering challenges
• Execution-driven mindset with a focus on quality and efficiency

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.