Join Optum, a global leader dedicated to advancing health optimization through technology. We are seeking a Lead Full Stack Engineer to drive the design, development, and deployment of enterprise-scale software applications and platform services. As part of our inclusive culture, you'll collaborate with talented peers, leverage comprehensive benefits, and access career development opportunities, all while making a significant impact on the communities we serve.

Our mission at UnitedHealth Group is to help people live healthier lives and improve the health system for everyone. We are committed to equity and addressing health disparities. Come be a part of our journey to Caring, Connecting, and Growing together.

As a technical lead for Agile teams, you will champion Agile delivery excellence, promoting continuous improvement and team accountability.

You will lead end-to-end project execution, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives. This includes coordinating with product managers, architects, engineers, and stakeholders to manage dependencies, risks, priorities, and release plans.

Your role involves designing and implementing scalable, reliable, secure, and high-performing full-stack solutions across web, API, and cloud environments. You will drive technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and promote engineering best practices.

Furthermore, you will mentor and coach engineers through code reviews and technical guidance, ensure software quality via automated testing and CI/CD pipelines, and support production applications, troubleshooting complex issues and driving root cause analysis. You will also focus on improving application performance, scalability, observability, and operational excellence, while evaluating emerging technologies to enhance business outcomes and engineering productivity.

We require a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Demonstrated experience building cloud-native applications and distributed systems is essential, along with proficiency in cloud platforms, event-driven architectures, and container technologies.

Skills in monitoring, observability, performance optimization, and operational support are crucial. You must have experience leading technical initiatives and driving solutions across multiple teams, along with experience mentoring engineers and promoting engineering best practices.

Significant experience designing and developing enterprise software applications is expected. Expertise in modern full-stack development technologies, including frontend frameworks, backend services, APIs, and databases, is required. A solid understanding of CI/CD, DevOps, modern software delivery practices, software architecture, design patterns, security, and scalability principles is also necessary.

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills are a must.