Software Engineering Lead - Java

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:

• System Ownership: Design, scale, and maintain cloud-native microservices and robust system architectures on Microsoft Azure
• API Excellence: Architect secure, resilient, high-performance APIs using Java, Spring Boot, Spring Reactive, and WebFlux
• UI Leadership: Direct front-end strategies to deliver responsive, accessible, and performant user interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks
• Tech Debt & Quality: Set engineering standards, champion code reviews, and ensure DevSecOps KPIs are exceeded while actively paying down tech debt
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product managers, UX designers, and enterprise architects to translate complex business needs into technical reality
• AIDLC Champion: Embed AIDLC practices across the team to dramatically optimize productivity, refactoring, and test coverage
• AI Pair Programming: Maximize the use of GitHub Copilot and emerging AI coding agents for engineering excellence
• Intelligent Features: Design and integrate AI-powered workflows, automated reasoning, and intelligent agent-based features into customer-facing applications
• Future Proofing: Collaborate with platform teams to evaluate, benchmark, and adopt cutting-edge, emerging AI tools
• CI/CD & Infrastructure: Oversee automated deployment pipelines, containerization strategy, and automated testing frameworks
• Observability: Drive production reliability, monitoring, and proactive troubleshooting using tools like Dynatrace and Splunk
• 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 or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
• Back-End Mastery: 7+ years of software development experience, including 6+ years specializing in Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring Reactive, and WebFlux
• Front-End Expertise: 7+ years of front-end experience utilizing JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and modern frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue.js)
• API & Integration: 5+ years building high-throughput RESTful and SOAP web services
• Cloud & DevOps: Hands-on expertise building and deploying infrastructure on Microsoft Azure (AWS is a plus)
• Stack Depth: Proven experience with Node.js, asynchronous programming, ORM frameworks (Hibernate/JPA), and databases (MySQL, Cassandra)
• Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams, running design reviews, and mentoring junior/mid-level developers

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.