Sr Software Engineer - Remote

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives.

Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As the Lead Software Engineer you will support a mission critical (P1) API Marketplace platform within the United Healthcare Provider organization. The platform serves as a centralized API gateway that enables providers, hospital systems, billing groups, vendors, and patients to securely access key healthcare functions such as eligibility verification, claims submission, prior authorizations, referrals, and cost share details (copays and coinsurance).

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

• Architecture, Design & Problem Solving
  • Implement component-level designs aligned with established architectural patterns and integration approaches
  • Create design documents for larger component work to ensure alignment and shared understanding across the team
  • Operate autonomously while proactively seeking and incorporating technical feedback
  • Evaluate dependencies, technical impacts, cost trade-offs, and timing considerations when designing solutions
  • Solve complex technical problems, interpreting customer requirements and translating them into effective engineering solutions
  • Promote and drive code and component reuse within the team and across related products
• AI
  • Design, develop and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business
  • Challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI
  • Use enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks and drive
• Coding & Implementation
  • Deliver high quality, performant, testable, and maintainable code adhering to best practices and team patterns
  • Design APIs, data structures, models, algorithms, and application sequences thoughtfully and with clear intent
  • Adapt and extend existing solutions for reuse, improving shared codebases ("leave it better than you found it")
  • Contribute a high volume of meaningful commits and PRs while demonstrating solid coding proficiency
  • Make appropriate technology, algorithm, and framework choices based on business constraints and architectural requirements
  • Identify and execute refactoring opportunities that reduce technical debt and support sprint/program goals
• Submit Pull Requests that meet the highest standards of clarity, size, test coverage, and documentation
• Conduct daily code reviews that provide collaborative, actionable guidance to teammates
• Explain implementation decisions effectively and push back constructively when appropriate
• Apply learnings from feedback into future design and implementation work
• Security
  • Perform threat modeling and ensure delivered components address identified risks
  • Understand and apply common application and infrastructure security patterns
  • Influence hosting, deployment, and integration decisions that support secure software delivery
  • Deliver solutions free of known security vulnerabilities ("security-first" mindset)
  • Identify required security and data standards early and recommend appropriate controls
  • Build and maintain security tooling within automation pipelines
• Agile Delivery
  • Collaborate with product management to ensure user stories are clear, accepted, and properly sized
  • Drive cross-team deliverables to completion, removing blockers and coordinating dependencies
  • Limit work in progress through frequent delivery and deployment of features
  • Break down features into well-scoped stories and tasks

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be…