Lead Full Stack Engineer

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

• Full-Stack Technical Leadership: Lead the design, development, and support of enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, React, Microservices, REST APIs, and Kafka-based event-driven integrations
• Solution Architecture & Design: Define application architecture, integration patterns, technical roadmaps, and design standards to ensure scalability, resiliency, maintainability, and security
• Technical Governance: Lead code reviews, design reviews, and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, and quality gates across teams
• Mentorship & Team Leadership: Mentor software engineers, support career development, perform technical onboarding, and foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation
• API & Microservices Architecture: Design and optimize scalable RESTful microservices, ensuring robust data integrity and system performance
• Cloud & DevOps: Deploy containerized applications via Docker into cloud environments (AWS), supporting CI/CD automation
• Delivery: Collaborate with Product, Architecture, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver high-quality solutions. Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical solutions
• Ensure application security best practices (authentication, authorization, input validation, OWASP guidelines), Monitor application performance and optimize for scalability and reliability
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve code quality, productivity, and SDLC efficiency
• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience
• Solid hands-on experience builds UI Components in Angular, Node JS, React JS, Svelte JS, HTML and bootstrap JS
• Experience working with Git, Docker, and standard CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), AWS, GCP
• Experience working with Angular, Node JS, React JS, Svelte JS, HTML/CSS, Java Script, Familiarity with build tools (Maven/Gradle, npm/yarn) and version control (Git)
• Solid knowledge of Java, J2EE, Spring MVC, Spring Boot (Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security), SOAP and Rest APIs, Microservices, REST API, Kafka, Maven
• AI Awareness & Practical Exposure: Familiarity with the AI SDLC tools
• Demonstrated solid problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work both independently and in a team
• Proven excellent communication skills and experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Proven excellent attitude and self-motivated

Preferred Qualifications

Experience migrating legacy systems to cloud-native microservices architectures

Experience working with distributed onshore/offshore teams

Experience using GitHub Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and other enterprise-approved AI tools

Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Proven ability to leverage AI for coding, testing, documentation, and analysis

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.