Senior Manager Software Engineering

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 diversity and inclusion talented peers comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale Join us to start Caring Connecting Growing togetherPrimary Responsibilities Serve as technical SME in architecture and design for commercial software development and the introduction of new technologies in the Public Cloud AWS Azure and API Space Demonstrate leadership in the context of software engineering and be an evangelist for engineering best practices Provide design leadership in solving large or complex development of end to end software projects involving application development migrations and additions to existing applications Build team engineering skills with extensive knowledge of Java application development architecture and hands on experience of Java J2EE Technologies Micro Services Data Ingestion using Kafka No SQL systems like Cassandra MongoDB Elastic Search and expose data via Graph resolvers Stay abreast of leading-edge technologies in the industry evaluating emerging software technologies Responsible for research evaluation and identification of alternative approaches to support API development needs Data Analysis and Profiling Recommends designs and codes efficient and effective solutions for challenging problems for medium to large work efforts of medium to high complexity Complies with standards and guidelines related to the design construction testing and deployment activities within the Delivery Management environments 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 Bachelors degree or equivalent in Electronics Engineering Computer Science Information Technology or related field 6 years of software product development experience working on commercially available software and or healthcare platforms Experience in using modern software engineering and product development tools including Agile Scrum Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery DevOps etc Experience with REST JSON APIs Java Spring and Springboot CLT Microservices Kafka No-SQL Data Stores Docker Containers Solid experience of operating in a quickly changing environment and driving technological innovation to meet business requirement Working Knowledge on public clouds like AWS Azure and developing applications on Linux environments Deep knowledge and hands-on experience in API management platforms and API related activities requirement analysis software architecture and design resource -based API modeling and micro -services architecture Proven track record of acting as an advocate for driving new technology across the organization via the creation of communities and publishing SDK libraries for reuse across the organization Proven track record of building relationships across cross-functional teams Preferred Qualifications Practical experience of developing solutions hosting within key major cloud providers such as AWS Google Cloud and Azure Experience with Automation Frameworks such as Selenium WebDriver Restassured SOAP UI Neoload Spock Groovy Experience exposure to API integration frameworks Experience in the healthcare industry Good understanding of Microservices architecture Ability to establish repeatable processes best practices and implement version control software in a Cloud team environment Good understanding of GraphQL resolvers Demonstrate being an avid supporter of the Open Source software community Proven excellent time management communication decision making and presentation skills Display a solid desire to achieve and attain high levels of both internal and external customer satisfaction 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