Lead Mobile Software Engineer - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Minnetonka, MN

8d•$112,700 - $193,200•Remote

About The Position

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care’s most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. Lead the design, development, and evolution of our next-generation mobile platform supporting scalable, high-performance applications across iOS and Android. This role requires significant experience in cross-platform mobile development and platform architecture, with supporting experience in native mobile technologies. You will provide technical leadership, drive platform modernization, and guide engineering teams in building robust, scalable mobile solutions. The ideal candidate combines deep mobile engineering expertise with a passion for innovation, leveraging modern technologies and AI-enabled capabilities to enhance platform performance, scalability, developer productivity, and user experience. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on mobile application development
3+ years of experience with cross-platform frameworks (React Native preferred) or native mobile development (iOS with Swift and/or Android with Kotlin/Java)
2+ years leading large-scale mobile initiatives or providing technical leadership
Demonstrated experience building and architecting scalable mobile platforms
Experience working with APIs (REST/GraphQL), cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and modern engineering practices
Applied experience leveraging or integrating AI-enabled capabilities, AI-powered tools, or AI-assisted engineering practices within software delivery environments

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Experience with React Native in production environments
Experience guiding teams through platform transitions, such as native to cross-platform architectures
Experience designing, developing, or integrating AI/ML capabilities into production mobile platform solutions
Experience building platform-level or enterprise shared mobile capabilities
Deep understanding of global-scale application performance, security, and reliability

Responsibilities

Define and drive the technical roadmap across cross-platform (React Native) and native (iOS, Android) mobile solutions
Deliver clean, scalable, and maintainable mobile code across platform layers while establishing shared libraries, SDKs, and platform components
Lead the adoption and evolution of React Native while supporting and modernizing native mobile capabilities
Ensure high-performance, secure, and reliable mobile applications across enterprise platform solutions
Design, develop, and integrate AI-powered capabilities into mobile platform solutions to address complex business challenges with an emphasis on responsible and secure AI implementation
Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive engineering productivity and continuous improvement
Partner with product, backend, and design teams to deliver seamless user experiences
Evaluate emerging trends and modern technologies to inform solution design and strategic innovation
Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and mentorship to engineers across the mobile platform