Associate Software Engineering Manager- DevOps, Java

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 the implementation of modern software engineering practices to improve team delivery and solution outcomes
• Apply broad domain knowledge to optimize architectural and design decisions, ensuring scalable and maintainable solutions
• Champion instrumentation and diagnostics to support maintainability, operational excellence, and proactive issue resolution
• Drive code reuse and minimize redundant development by contributing to share components and tools
• Establish partnerships with business and technology stakeholders to ensure solutions meet customer needs and improve user metrics
• Proactively identify and address security gaps in solution design and delivery, incorporating emerging security trends
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable full-stack web applications and RESTful microservices
• Guide and mentor a team of software engineers, conducting code reviews and ensuring adherence to best practices
• Drive the implementation of CI / CD pipelines and containerized deployments using tools like Github Actions and Azure App Services
• Ensure high code quality through unit and integration testing, and champion test-driven development
• Manage infrastructure as code using Terraform and support deployments on cloud platforms such as Azure and GCP
• Monitor application performance and reliability using tools like DataDog, Prometheus, or Grafana
• Contribute to strategic technical decisions and help shape the product roadmap
• Stay current with emerging technologies and advocate for continuous improvement and innovation
• 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 :

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.