Lead Software Engineer

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. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Provides technical leadership through architecture design, solution development, and contribution to reusable enterprise-wide components and frameworks Designs scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions aligned with business objectives, enterprise standards, and organizational strategy Solves complex business and technical challenges while driving engineering excellence, coding standards, and best practices Influences technology roadmaps, architectural decisions, and priorities across multiple teams and products Mentors engineers through code reviews, design reviews, technical coaching, knowledge sharing, and problem-solving guidance Owns and drives code quality by leading pull request reviews, enforcing engineering standards, and promoting reusable design patterns Establishes and enhances CI/CD pipelines, automation, testing, observability, and operational processes to improve efficiency and reliability Leads operational excellence initiatives, including resiliency improvements, incident retrospectives, backlog management, and monitoring strategies Champions security best practices, vulnerability remediation, compliance automation, and secure software development across teams Drives Agile delivery by defining epics, stories, acceptance criteria, and productivity improvements to accelerate value delivery Partners with stakeholders to ensure technical solutions address customer needs, improve user outcomes, and enable innovation Supports talent growth through recruiting, interviewing, candidate evaluations, and development of assessment standards and job profiles Maintains hands-on technical engagement through regular coding contributions (2-3 times per week) while guiding strategic engineering direction Identifies opportunities to reduce total cost of ownership, improve reuse, and increase platform scalability, performance, and sustainability You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or 8+ years of equivalent experience 8+ years of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Codex, AI-powered code review and testing tools) to improve productivity, code quality, troubleshooting, documentation, and delivery efficiency Solid understanding of AI-enabled engineering practices, including prompt engineering, automated code generation, test case generation, code analysis, and responsible use of AI in software development Ability to work in the U.S. without sponsorship Technical Skills 1+ years of Facets development experience in one or more areas including Billing, Invoicing, Eligibility & Enrollment, Claims Processing, Claims Pricing, Finance, Utilization Management, or Provider modules 1+ years of Tivoli (TWS) job scheduling experience Full Stack Engineer with experience supporting Java Spring Boot-based APIs, microservices development, and deployment on cloud platforms such as Kubernetes and OpenShift Solid Oracle SQL expertise and