Join Optum, a global leader in health optimization, and drive advancements in AI-powered platforms. This is a hands-on Principal Software Engineer role focused on designing, building, and scaling enterprise-grade AI solutions.

We foster an inclusive culture and offer opportunities for talent development. Your work will directly improve health outcomes by connecting individuals with essential care, pharmacy benefits, data, and resources.

Success in this role means delivering scalable, resilient, and production-ready platforms, writing high-quality code, and making a significant technical impact across teams.

Lead the design and implementation of scalable, distributed enterprise applications and AI-powered solutions leveraging LLM ecosystems.

Develop intelligent systems using GenAI patterns, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, and NLP-based pipelines.

Build robust API-driven platforms, microservices, and event-driven architectures, ensuring high performance, reliability, and scalability.

Drive end-to-end delivery, including development, testing, and deployment of production-grade services, while adhering to secure software engineering practices.

Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate business needs into technical solutions and mentor junior engineers.

A seasoned professional with 10+ years of experience in designing and delivering enterprise applications, requiring proven expertise in building and deploying production-grade software systems.

Requires solid programming skills in Go, Python, or similar languages, coupled with extensive experience in GenAI/LLM ecosystems (RAG, embeddings, NLP workflows).

Proficiency with databases like MongoDB and PostgreSQL, cloud platforms (Azure/GCP), containers (ACA preferred), and CI/CD pipelines is essential.

Deep understanding of scalability, performance, reliability, observability, and secure software engineering practices, with expertise in system design and distributed microservices architectures.