Senior Manager, Java Software Engineering - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Raleigh, NC

4d•$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. As a Senior Manager of Software Engineering supporting the Optum REAL project, you will lead a team of full-stack and data engineers dedicated to designing and delivering cloud healthcare analytic solutions and enterprise-scale web applications. In this role, you will champion technological innovation and serve as a strategic driver for integrating modern AI tools, automated solutions, and advanced cloud technologies into the software development lifecycle. You will partner closely with business stakeholders, product owners, and senior architects to convert complex healthcare analytics needs into scalable, secure architectures while championing ethical standards, transparency, and engineering excellence across your team. If you are located in EST or CST timezones, you will have the flexibility to work remotely as you take on some tough challenges.

Requirements

12+ years of IT software engineering experience
10+ years of hands-on experience in Java/J2EE technologies, including Spring Boot, Spring MVC, RESTful microservices, Spring Security, Hibernate, and Spring Data JPA
5+ years of experience leading engineering teams and owning software product delivery end-to-end
5+ years of hands-on experience with React JS/Redux, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), and CI/CD automation pipelines
4+ years of experience managing software delivery using Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban)
4+ years of experience building cloud-native applications (AWS/Azure) and utilizing automated deployment tools (eg, Jenkins, Chef, Ansible)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field
Demonstrated experience evaluating, adopting, and leading the integration of AI tools and modern automated workflows to drive engineering team productivity
Experience building high-volume transaction systems and customer-facing healthcare web applications
Experience with end-to-end testing, integration testing, and test data coordination
Deep understanding of data governance, security standards, and healthcare domain knowledge
Proven solid design thinking skills and proven ability to evaluate and deploy emerging technologies securely and ethically

Responsibilities

Lead a team of full-stack and data engineers supporting the Optum REAL initiative to design, build, and deliver cloud healthcare analytic solutions and enterprise-scale web applications
Integrate enterprise AI tools and modern capabilities into development workflows, establishing strategic development goals and actively removing barriers to accelerate team adoption
Champion the ethical use of technology and AI solutions by embedding transparency, security, fairness, and accountability throughout the entire software development lifecycle
Strategically leverage modern technology and AI capabilities to solve complex analytics challenges, unlock operational efficiencies, and deliver tangible business value
Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, and senior architects to define technical roadmaps, architectural designs, scoping, and release plans
Oversee the complete data engineering lifecycle, including proof of concepts, design, development, testing, cloud deployment, continuous integration, and data governance
Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentorship to engineers, aligning hiring and skill development with emerging technology competencies
Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards and proactively propose architectural solutions for potential vulnerabilities