Senior Software Engineer - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

1d•$91,700 - $163,700•Remote

About The Position

The Senior Software Engineer is a senior technical contributor who designs, develops, deploys, and supports scalable, secure, high-performing software solutions. The role provides technical leadership across the software development lifecycle, translating complex business needs into modern technology solutions. It leads architecture and design decisions, establishes engineering best practices, mentors engineers, and drives continuous improvement across applications and platforms. The position leads development of enterprise software, backend services and APIs, modern user experiences, and cloud-native solutions. It also supports application modernization, appropriate use of AI/ML and generative AI, DevOps and CI/CD improvements, operational readiness, production troubleshooting, and testing strategy. The engineer collaborates with product owners, architects, engineering teams, business stakeholders, and subject matter experts, while identifying opportunities to reduce technical debt and improve quality and productivity. The role is remote within the U.S. Employees hired 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

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
7+ years of professional software development experience across the software development lifecycle.
Hands-on development experience with one or more modern programming languages, preferably Java and/or Python.
Experience developing APIs and distributed services using technologies such as Spring Boot, FastAPI, and REST.
Experience with modern front-end development, preferably React.
Experience designing and deploying solutions within Azure, GCP, or comparable public cloud environments.
Experience with modern DevOps, CI/CD, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases and modern data integration patterns.
Experience troubleshooting complex application and production issues across multiple components or technology layers.
Solid understanding of microservices, service-oriented architectures, API design, and modern application architecture patterns.
Ability to design solutions for scalability, security, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
Technical leadership experience, including mentoring engineers, conducting code and design reviews, and influencing engineering practices.
Analytical and problem-solving skills, including working through complex and ambiguous technology challenges.
Written and verbal communication skills, including communicating technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Remote employees must adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
Candidates must pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing or developing AI/ML or generative AI solutions, including LLM applications, intelligent agents, copilots, NLP, or real-time inference.
Experience with AI frameworks and platforms such as LangChain, OpenAI SDK, Google ADK, or similar technologies.
Experience with event-driven architectures and technologies such as Kafka or Redis.
Experience using GitHub Copilot or other AI-assisted software engineering tools to improve engineering productivity and quality.
Experience leading application modernization or cloud transformation initiatives.
Experience with Agile product development and engineering practices.
Ability to influence technical decisions across teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support of enterprise software solutions.
Design modular, scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable applications and services.
Provide technical leadership through architecture decisions, design reviews, code reviews, engineering standards, and solution documentation.
Develop and maintain backend services and APIs using technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, Python, FastAPI, and REST APIs.
Develop modern user experiences using React and other contemporary front-end frameworks.
Design and implement cloud-native solutions using Azure or GCP, including containers, Kubernetes, serverless technologies, and microservices.
Lead application modernization efforts, including migration from legacy applications to modern cloud and service-based architectures.
Apply AI/ML and generative AI capabilities where appropriate, including intelligent agents, copilots, LLM-enabled applications, and real-time inference.
Implement and improve DevOps and CI/CD practices using technologies such as GitHub Actions, Terraform, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Build solutions with appropriate instrumentation, observability, monitoring, security, and operational support capabilities.
Diagnose complex production issues, conduct root cause analysis, and drive sustainable remediation.
Define and implement effective unit, integration, automated, performance, and other testing strategies.
Collaborate with product owners, architects, engineering teams, business stakeholders, and subject matter experts to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Mentor engineers and foster engineering practices, continuous learning, innovation, and technical excellence.
Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt, improve developer productivity, automate manual processes, and increase software quality.
Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend tools, frameworks, and architectural approaches that provide measurable business or engineering value.