Architect - Java/.Net/Angular/React

Job Description

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:

- Lead engineering delivery on key projects
- Design, develop and deliver strategically significant or demanding software that changes how we engineer solutions
- Build and architecture solutions in terms of efficiency, stability, extensibility, and the ability to evolve over time
- Demonstrate exemplary coding practices in terms of code organization, clarity, simplicity, error handling, and documentation
- Develop, recommend, and execute strategic and tactical business and technology architecture roadmaps.
- Support architecture assessments and reviews during business ideation, discovery and program/project execution to ensure alignment with business goals and strategies.
- Provide in depth solution architectural support during program/project solution analysis and design to ensure roadmap alignment.
- Triage and redirect solutions as required.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure architecture alignment with all Optum portfolio initiatives
- Decompose significantly complex engineering problems into straightforward solutions
- Can take the lead on projects that may require the work of several teams to implement
- Take responsibility for the overall architecture of a major product or small organization, aligning the teams that own that software towards a coherent system strategy
- Decompose a software architecture into components that can be owned and developed by different engineering teams.
- Able to communicate component divisions in a way that allows individual teams to work mostly independently. Current on advanced technical issues, technologies, and trends
- Participate in development and design partnering with development teams and technical leaders
- 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:

- Advanced degree in computer science, or related field
- 3+ years of experience as leader or leaders for technical, customer facing roles with demonstrated experiences hiring and developing key talent
- Demonstrated experience working cross-group with CIO/CTO and VP-level technical leaders
- Full Stack development expertise and experience (Java/.Net/Angular/React)
- Proven highly skilled and experienced at creating internal alignment across roles (Engineering, Product, Marketing, Finance, etc.) for strategic projects
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Proven solid problem-solving skills the ability to analyze problems and develop actionable and appropriate tactical plans quickly

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.

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