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Optum · 17 hours ago

Lead Software Engineer - Remote

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$110K/yr - $189K/yr

6+ years exp

Optum is dedicated to serving our nation's military and Veterans, focusing on advancing the United States health care system. The Lead Software Engineer will play a key role in modernizing legacy applications to a cloud-native platform, leading development teams, and ensuring high-quality software delivery.

EducationHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

Responsibilities

Overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex projects

Leading the development team in the design, development, coding, testing, deployment, and debugging of applications

Work with product managers in developing a strategy and road map to provide compelling capabilities for them that helps them succeed in their business goals

Work closely with other lead engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development

Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules

Project management - prioritization, planning of projects and features, stakeholder management and tracking of external commitments

Translate business requirements into technical solutions, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines with optimal solutions

Operational Excellence - build, deploy, monitor, and operation of production services

Mentoring, career management and development of dotted line reports within the teams aligned to you

Champion quality best practices and Test-Driven Development

Lead adoption of Agile best practices

Incident response - assist with troubleshooting and determining solutions for issues identified in war rooms

Qualification

Full lifecycle software developmentDomain Driven DesignRESTful web services.NET CoreCloud-native applicationsAngularCI/CDApplication containerizationAI tools in developmentPostgreSQLAgile best practicesTest-Driven DevelopmentIncident responseMentoring

Required

6+ years of experience in full lifecycle software development including projects in an agile environment

5+ years of experience with Domain Driven Design and Event Driven Architecture

5+ years of hands-on technical expertise in building web applications and RESTful web services

5+ years of experience with MS SQL, PostgreSQL, or other similar relational database management system

5+ years of experience with .NET Core or similar object oriented programming language

5+ years of experience with Angular, React, or other JavaScript frameworks / libraries

5+ years of experience with application containerization, deployment, and orchestration across environments

5+ years of experience with CI/CD and test automation

5+ years of experience building cloud-native applications in Azure or similar cloud service provider

5+ years of experience leveraging AI tools in the software development lifecycle in order to improve quality and efficiency

5+ years of experience working with/responding to critical incidents

If you are offered this position, you will be required to provide extensive personal information to obtain and maintain a suitability or determination of eligibility for a Confidential/Secret or Top Secret security clearance as a condition of your employment

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Computer Engineering or related field

2+ years of experience with troubleshooting applications running within Kubernetes

2+ years of experience with cloud infrastructure (IaC) and automated provisioning & configuration management

2+ years of experience with networking and internet protocols

2+ years of experience with Encryption, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), understanding of OWASP

2+ years of experience with SOLID architectural principles, Domain-Driven Design, and microservices architecture

All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Company

Optum

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Optum is a healthcare company that provides pharmacy services, health care operations, and population health management. It is a sub-organization of UnitedHealth Group.

Founded in 2011

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA

10001+ employees