Lead Software Engineer - Remote
Join our team of talented software engineers to contribute to the development and operation of secure cloud platform services and software that meet business requirements.
About Us
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. We are guided by diversity and inclusion, with a culture that values comprehensive benefits, career development opportunities, and collaboration.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Lead Software Engineer to lead a team of cloud platform engineers and contribute to the design, development, and operation of secure cloud platform services and software that meet business requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
* Design, develop, and operate secure cloud platform services and software that meet business requirements.
* Lead a team of cloud platform engineers to ensure that technical solutions align with architectural principles, design patterns, and enterprise security requirements.
* Demonstrate innovation, streamline processes, and reduce technical debt by standardizing patterns.
* Automate repetitive tasks, 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.
Required Qualifications:
* Strong proven experience as a software development engineer or equivalent hands-on experience producing code for production systems.
* Extensive experience working with Public Cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP, beyond basic IaaS functionality.
* Experience programming in at least one high-level language (Java, C#, Python, Golang, JavaScript, etc.).
* Engineering experience in building infrastructure using code and repeatable designs (IaC).
* Experience in CI/CD practices and tools, specifically GitHub Actions and Jenkins, and source control systems such as Git.
* Knowledge of containers and orchestration platforms, such as Kubernetes.
* Proven Experience of leading product engineering teams in direction & mentoring.
* Experience with Agile/lean development practices as a leader.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Proven excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
* Experience with containers and orchestration platforms, such as Kubernetes.
* 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 No SQL databases).
* Familiarity with inter-service messaging and stream discovery (SQS, Pub/Sub Kafka, etc.).
* Proficiency in instrumentation, logging, and tracing tools (Prometheus, Cloud Watch, Azure Monitor, etc.).
Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application.
All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the United Health Group's Telecommuter Policy.