Lead Software Engineer
About The Position
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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Requirements
- High School Diploma/GED
- 7+ years of experience with languages such as Java, C#, Javascript or Python as an Engineer
- 2+ years of experience in agile development experience; strong understanding of DevOps mindset
- 2+ years of experience with software engineering and processes: design patterns, algorithms, data structures, schemas and queries, system design, unit testing, code reviews, agile, and dev-ops
- 2+ years of experience with production operational support
- 2+ years of experience with writing unit or integration tests
- 1+ years of experience working with teams that leveraged two or more of the following: continuous integration / continuous delivery tools, REST API development, serverless architecture, containerization, IaC, public / private cloud, web applications, web services, application observability or messaging / stream architecture
- 1+ years of production experience with cloud technologies
Nice To Haves
- Previous IT leadership experience
- Experience with AI tools (Claude, Codex, GPT, Github CoPilot) and understanding of AI patterns (Agentic AI, Machine Learning)
- Instrumenting apps with Azure App Insights, and creating effective alarms and dashboards
- Log indexing tools (e.g. ELK stack, Datadog, Splunk, Sumologic)
- SRE principles (error budgets, alarming practices, etc.)
- Healthcare domain background
- Development experience in C#, NetCore, React, Angular, Javascript, Typescript
- Experience with technologies such as: Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, TestCafe, NodeJS, Git, JEST or Kafka
Responsibilities
- Partner with Business, Technical and Strategic Product to make and meet project commitments in an agile framework; rapidly delivering value to our customers via technology solutions
- Lead engineers who contribute to the applications’ technology stack and drive modern solutions to complex problems
- Lead design and development of resilient, reliable, scalable and self-healing solutions to meet and exceed customer requirements
- Ensure that all parts of the application eco system are thoroughly and effectively covered with telemetry and 24/7 support from the engineering team
- Create and manage technical roadmaps
- Collaborate with leaders across partner-teams to build cohesive and optimal solutions
- Communicate clearly and effectively in oral and written forms, and be able to present and demonstrate work to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Manage staff, recruiting drive, interview and team onboarding
- Mentor all members of the engineering team to develop and perform as highly as possible
- Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI
Benefits
- comprehensive benefits package
- incentive and recognition programs
- equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
