Lead Software Engineer - Optum Technology - Remote

You will enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. 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.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, development and maintenance of application
• Monitoring, logging, and analyzing application performance and suggesting alerting mechanism to catch production issues sooner
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and fix the issues
• Partner with Development team and suggest proactive enhancement to make the application better
• Develop and implement disaster recovery and data backup strategies and solutions to maintain business continuity
• Collaborate with development teams to enable CI/CD pipelines for efficient software deployment
• Conduct periodic access reviews and monitor user activity in the production environment
• Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives for the application
• Advice on best practices for cloud security, reliability, and scalability
• Use AI tools to automate, optimize, and improve the software development lifecycle by analyzing data and providing intelligent recommendations
• Implement the AIOps for analyzing logs and metrics to enhance observability and incident response
• Participate in the development of prototypes and large-scale proof of concepts
• Maintain documentation around current application functionalities and security controls
• Identify opportunities to fine-tune and optimize applications of Java developed projects
• Work on the PLM activities
• Partner closely with stakeholders, upstream and downstream applications and create alerts for dependent applications failures

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science Engineering
• 8+ years of overall IT experience
• Experience in security-focused DevOps
• Hands‑on experience deploying and monitoring applications
• Experience working with CI/CD technologies such as GHA
• Proven experience operating with cloud platforms, APIs and event‑driven automation
• Experience developing or coding software components in Java
• Experience with CI/CD, Maven, XML, Web services, REST API's, Microservices
• Experience in Databases, SQL programming, Streaming Solutions using Kafka
• Knowledge of AI tools
• Proficient with popular scripting and programming languages such as Python, Power Automate, Microsoft Graph API, Shell scripting languages
• Proven communication skills, ability to articulate complex issues understandably and engagingly

Pay is based on several factors including local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary for this role will range from $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full‑time employment.

We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Equal Opportunity Statement

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug‑free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.