Software Engineering Lead
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 24, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 1, 2026. UnitedHealth Group scores B on the Alion truth index.
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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Optum's Public Cloud engineering team is responsible for developing so ware, managing security and financial controls, and creating reusable applications on patterns that enable the enterprise to operate efficiently within the public cloud space. The Optum product teams leverage this platform to deliver value in a safe, quick, and sustainable manner, aligning with Optum's mission to help people live healthier lives and makes the health system work be er for everyone.
Join our team and work collaboratively with product owners, operational staff, and technology leadership in an agile environment to create business value. Your contributions will be utilized by thousands of Optum and UnitedHealth Group engineers as they develop mature enterprise applications on public cloud. Don't miss this opportunity!
The ideal candidate for this position should possess exceptional so ware engineering abilities, with a demonstrated history of efficiently managing and utilizing public cloud resources. They should also possess agile development leadership qualities. As a lead engineer, you will leverage these skills to design and engineer new services and so ware that priori ze scalability, interoperability, and code maintainability.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and operate secure cloud platform services and so ware that meet business requirements
- Lead a team of cloud platform engineers to ensure that technical solutions align with architectural principles, design pa erns, and enterprise security requirements
- Demonstrate innovation, streamline processes, and reduce technical debt by standardizing pa erns
- Automate representative tasks (TOIL), monitor applications, simplify work practices, define metrics, and ensure the operational quality of applications
- Manage security controls at the platform level to enable secure, efficient, and policy compliant operations
- Collaborate with multiple partner teams to communicate information security guidance and standards and reduce information security risks
- Provide coaching, mentoring, and leadership to the Cloud Platform team to improve their skills and knowledge
- Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regard to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
Required Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience as a so ware development engineer or equivalent hands-on experience producing code for product on systems
- 5+ years of experience working with Public Cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP, beyond basic IaaS functionality
- 5+ years of experience programming in at least one high-level language (Python, Golang, JavaScript, etc.)
- 5+ years of engineering experience in building infrastructure using code and repeatable designs (IaC)
- 2+ years of experience with containers and orchestra on platforms, such as Kubernetes
- 2+ years of experience in automating CI/CD using Jenkins [Pipeline as Code], GitHub actions, or similar tools, along with proficiency in source control systems such as Git
- 2+ years of experience with Agile/lean development practices as a leader
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with containers and orchestra on platforms, such as Kubernetes
- Proven excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Evidence-based approach to decision-making and problem-solving
- Design mindset with the ability to construct scalable, distributed services
- Proficient in algorithms, data structures, object-oriented programming, and system design
- Knowledge of API design and lifecycle management (REST, etc.)
- Expertise in data storage, caching, and optimization (SQL and NoSQL databases)
- Familiarity with inter-service messaging and stream discovery (SQS, Pub/Sub Ka a, etc.).
- Proficiency in instrumentation, logging, and tracing tools (Prometheus, CloudWatch, Stack Driver, Azure Monitor, etc.)
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone - of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income - deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.