Lead Software Engineer - Remote
About The Position
Optum Insight is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design, build, and scale software and data platforms that improve healthcare delivery and operations. This is a hands-on individual-contributor leadership role. The engineer will set technical direction, own architecture decisions, and raise engineering standards across multiple delivery teams while supporting responsible AI adoption as both a product capability and a way of working. The role focuses on complex problems at the intersection of AI/ML and distributed systems in a regulated, mission-driven environment. The position may be performed remotely from anywhere in the United States, except hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area must work in the office at least four days per week. Remote employees must follow UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of hands-on software development experience.
- At least 5 years of development experience with Python and/or Java/Scala, JSON, and REST/Web Services.
- At least 4 years of relational database and SQL experience, including performance tuning.
- At least 4 years of experience with distributed data technologies such as Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Snowflake, or equivalent.
- At least 3 years designing and deploying applications on a major cloud platform; Azure is preferred.
- At least 3 years of experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and modern source control workflows such as GitHub and Jenkins/Azure DevOps.
- At least 2 years of proficiency building services or full-stack applications, such as with FastAPI/Flask, Node.js, React/Angular, TypeScript, and HTML/CSS.
- Demonstrated experience leading the technical direction of a team or significant platform, mentoring engineers, and owning architectural decisions.
- Experience applying AI/GenAI capabilities in production software, or a clear track record of rapidly adopting and leading new technology.
- Excellent analysis, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Remote employees must adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
- Candidates must pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Nice To Haves
- Healthcare experience or familiarity with clinical datasets.
- Knowledge of SOA and enterprise integration concepts.
- Experience in regulated industries, including knowledge of ethical AI/ML practices and compliance requirements.
- Publications, patents, or notable open-source contributions.
Responsibilities
- Act as technical lead across multiple delivery teams, including internal and external/vendor engineers, setting direction through expertise, influence, and mentorship.
- Own end-to-end architecture for assigned products and platforms, including requirements analysis, system design, development, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Establish and enforce engineering standards for coding, design and code reviews, testing, documentation, and definition of done.
- Partner with data engineering to build feature and retrieval stores, embeddings pipelines, and Spark/Databricks ETL/ELT jobs; design analytics models and rules engines.
- Define and develop enterprise integration APIs and improve data access patterns for low-latency inference.
- Create prototypes and proofs of concept to reduce delivery risk and validate architectural choices.
- Champion HIPAA and regulated-industry controls, including access controls, PHI/PII safeguards, data minimization, encryption, and auditability.
- Design and deliver AI-powered features where they provide measurable value, emphasizing responsible and compliant AI use.
- Collaborate with legal, compliance, and clinical safety teams to operationalize Responsible AI principles.
- Drive adoption of AI-native software engineering practices across the SDLC and define standards for responsible use of AI-assisted development tools.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Incentive and recognition programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Equity stock purchase, subject to eligibility requirements.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
