Urgent: 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 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 cross-functional engineering teams in the design development deployment and maintenance of scalable secure and high-quality software solutions Manage the full lifecycle of transactional print fulfillment platforms including document generation print routing delivery tracking and reconciliation Champion code reuse instrumentation and observability to improve maintainability and operational efficiency Lead performance monitoring issue resolution and continuous improvement initiatives across infrastructure and application layers Coordinate with infrastructure vendor and business teams to manage capacity compliance and incident response Mentor engineers and managers fostering a culture of innovation quality and customer-centricity Collaborate with business stakeholders to align technology solutions with customer needs and market impact Maintain metrics that provide visibility to stakeholders on team-level progress and quality Own and remove impediments for the team s and escalate as appropriate Encourage and facilitate cross-team coordination and collaboration Be a change agent and foster a learn by doing environment Provide guidance to team members to improve the team productivity Provides leadership to and is accountable for the performance of managers and or senior level professional staff Conduct regular reviews of incident backlogs production health metrics compliance status 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 Bachelor s degree in computer science or related field 10 years of experience in software engineering including 3 years leading high-performing engineering teams 5 years of experience with design build and deploy enterprise-grade applications in the Azure public cloud using Java and Spring Boot frameworks 3 years of experience managing structured and unstructured data for high-volume document workflows 3 years of experience with one or more document composition tools e g Quadient Inspire Deep understanding of DevOps CI CD instrumentation and observability practices Proven ability to lead automation-first initiatives adoption of Artificial Intelligence tools and drive code reuse and maintainability Preferred Qualifications Solid customer-centric mindset with experience in design thinking and agile methodologies Familiarity with Linux Windows server environments Elasticsearch MongoDB Docker Kubernetes and Apache Kafka Knowledge of HIPAA and other regulatory requirements for healthcare communications Proven to be skilled in root cause analysis performance tuning and optimization of complex systems Proven to be capable of interpreting data to drive decisions and improve operational efficiency Proven ability to translate business needs into technical solutions and influence architecture decisions Proven ability to implement and audit security controls across systems and data flows 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