Senior Software Engineering Lead - Java Fullstack

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide technology leadership to a solid engineering team
• Come up with long term architecture roadmap for the existing products
• Develops pioneering approaches to emerging technology and industry trends
• Manage end to end application design, development and maintenance
• Work with stakeholders to define and mange scope and approach for projects
• Take ownership of application design and architecture discipline and related activities
• Grab product functionalities quickly and apply technical skills to excel
• Define, use and communicate design patterns and best practices
• Present and evaluate design solutions objectively
• Participation in Design reviews, Test Case reviews, and Production readiness for new releases, provide inputs for Go/No Go decision and customer issue resolution
• Closely working Business Teams, Onshore partners, deployment and infrastructure teams
• Coach and mentor other developers in the team
• 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 regards 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 in Software engineering
• 5+ years of experience working in the payer or PBM as a development lead with responsibility for defining end-to-end application development and delivery
• 3+ years of experience in developing React based application with responsive design and mobile ready
• 3+ years of working experience in Multitenant Cloud application development / micro-services architecture and deployments
• 3+ years of working experience on Cloud (preferably AZURE) - Experience of at least two application migration to Cloud platform
• 2+ years of working experience in set up or maintenance of CI/CD pipeline (test, build, deployment and monitoring automation)
• Hands-on implementation experience, should be able to design, implement key product/Application features, be an active part of an Agile Scrum team
• Experience working with technology stack leveraging React, NodeJS, Java-J2EE, Spring boot, Docker, Kubernetes, MongoDB, Postgres, Rest & GraphQL APIs
• Experience in both UI and RESTful API tech stack
• Extensive experience working on Cloud Migration, Cloud-native application development and maintenance, micro-services, Kubernetes, Serverless/function, event driven architecture
• Significant experience in design and architecting solutions
• Working experience on Private cloud, Hybrid Cloud Model, Deep understanding on design principal of Cloud Architecture
• Grafana, New Relic, Sonar, Dockers knowledge
• Terraform Scripting / Kubernetes knowledge
• Knowledge in common security vulnerabilities, their causes and implementations to fix the same
• Knowledge in security scanning methodologies and tools (e.g. HP Fortify, Whitehat, Webinspect)
• Proven excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Proven excellent in design thinking and approach to solve business problem by applying suitable technologies (cost efficient, high performance, resilient and scalable)
• Proven good technical skills to understand complex designs, implement big and complex systems

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.

Client-provided location(s): Hyderabad, India

Job ID: UHG-2311855

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-10-27T20:14:21