Senior Software Engineering Lead-AEM

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.

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Full Stack AEM Engineer to design scalable Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) solutions and deliver high-performance digital experiences across enterprise healthcare platforms. In this role, you will build reusable components, guide technical decisions, implement modern frontend experiences (React, TypeScript, Next.js), and leverage backend Java/OSGi services. Supporting large-scale healthcare digital platforms, you will drive headless content delivery, component authoring, accessibility, SEO, Core Web Vitals, and leverage enterprise-approved AI tools and technologies to streamline workflows and accelerate solution delivery in an Agile environment.

Primary Responsibilities

Lead the design and development of reusable AEM components, templates, dialogs, workflows, client libraries, and content authoring capabilities

Build robust backend services using Java, Sling Models, OSGi components, servlets, schedulers, JCR/Oak, Maven, and REST APIs.

Implement modern frontend experiences using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and SCSS

Integrate React components into AEM pages using modern frontend build patterns and scalable component architecture.

Design and implement Headless AEM solutions using Content Fragments, Content Fragment Models, GraphQL APIs, and Experience Fragments

Define integration patterns between AEM-rendered content, React/Next.js applications, APIs, third-party services, forms, and external platforms

Review business requirements and translate them into scalable, maintainable, and production-ready technical solutions

Support architecture decisions related to SSR, CSR, SSG, Headless/Hybrid AEM, client libraries, caching, Dispatcher, and performance optimization

Troubleshoot complex issues across AEM, frontend bundles, APIs, Dispatcher, Cloud Manager, browser runtime, and deployment pipelines

Drive best practices around code quality, unit testing, accessibility, SEO, security, Core Web Vitals, and DevOps readiness

Mentor junior developers and participate actively in code reviews, design discussions, debugging, and technical documentation

Collaborate with product owners, UX designers, QA engineers, DevOps, analytics teams, and content authors to deliver high-quality digital experiences

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 regard 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

Must have fulltime graduation degree

5+ years of web application development experience

3+ years of hands-on AEM development experience with AEM 6.5 and/or AEM as a Cloud Service

Solid Java development experience with OSGi, Apache Sling, Sling Models, JCR/Oak, servlets, schedulers, and Maven

Solid frontend experience with React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, and modern frontend build tools

Experience building AEM components using HTL/Sightly, editable templates, dialogs, client libraries, content policies, and authoring workflows

Experience with REST API design, JSON data models, third-party integrations, forms, and API-driven architecture.

Hands-on experience with AEM Headless CMS, including Content Fragments, Content Fragment Models, GraphQL APIs, Experience Fragments, and React/Next.js-based content consumption patterns

Familiarity with AEM as a Cloud Service, Cloud Manager, Dispatcher, caching, content publishing, replication, and deployment pipelines

Experience with Git, Jenkins or similar CI/CD tools, SonarQube, unit testing, code reviews, and Agile delivery

Solid understanding of Core Web Vitals, accessibility standards, SEO, semantic HTML, browser performance, and responsive development

Solid troubleshooting, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

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.