Architect - Java, React Native/react

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 together.**

The Optum Technology Digital team is on a mission to disrupt the healthcare industry, transforming UHG into an industry-leading Consumer brand. We deliver hyper-personalized digital solutions that empower direct-to-consumer, digital-first experiences, educating, guiding, and empowering consumers to access the right care at the right time. Our mission is to revolutionize healthcare for patients and providers by delivering cutting-edge, personalized and conversational digital solutions. We’re Consumer Obsessed, ensuring they receive exceptional support throughout their healthcare journeys. As we drive this transformation, we're revolutionizing customer interactions with the healthcare system, leveraging AI, cloud computing, and other disruptive technologies to tackle complex challenges. Serving UnitedHealth Group's digital technology needs, the Consumer Engineering team impacts millions of lives through UnitedHealthcare & Optum.

An individual in the Architecture job family is a strategic resource for UnitedHealth Group. This individual could be involved across many aspects of architecture, design, build, engineering and implementation of technical solutions and capabilities providing technical leadership. Responsible for communicating overall architecture vision, technical strategies, and trade-offs across various levels in the organization to gain buy-in. Will provide recommendations and technical guidance to improve performance, reliability, and reusability within the constraints of budget, resource and business dependencies. In base and mid-level roles, engages across teams in a capacity that ranges from assisting on in-flight initiatives, up to technical briefings and demonstrations of new technologies across the organization. In senior level roles, leads business solutions, capabilities, and is a solid influencer that engages with client executives and stakeholders. Generally work is self-directed and not prescribed.

**Responsibilities**:

- **Design and Architecture**:
- Define the structure of the system, its interfaces, and the principles that guide its organization, software design, and implementation.
- **Collaboration**:
- Work closely with project managers and stakeholders to understand business requirements.
- Propose the best solution approach to identified business problems using Java technologies.
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure alignment with architectural standards and best practices.
- **Technical Leadership**:
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams.
- Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to coding standards.
- Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to ensure the architecture is current and robust.
- **Project Management**:
- Manage and oversee the entire software development lifecycle.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
- Identify and mitigate risks associated with the architecture and implementation.

**Requirements**:

- **Educational Background**:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- **Experience**:
- 9+ years of proven experience in engineering and software architecture design.
- Expertise in Java 1.8 plus above, spring boot, microservices, React Native/React is a must.
- Strong hands-on Architecture & Solution design.
- Previous project management experience is advantageous.
- In-depth understanding of coding languages, particularly Java and JavaScript.
- **Skills**:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proficiency in using architectural modeling tools and software development methodologies.

**_#LETSGROW_**_ _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 heal