Senior Director Software Engineering

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Drive platform solutions across Rx Consumer Engineering Portfolio
• Lead delivery of a variety of consumer facing software application including React, React Native, and Adobe AEM as well as experience based APIs
• Drive backlog prioritization and commitments
• Partner closely with Experience Product partners to drive deliverables and consumer experiences
• Partner closely with engineering teams to enable useful platform solutions related to UI engineering, content management, and configurable services
• Create left shifted and high performing engineering teams and operational process
• Own end to end quality and support of delivered software
• Analysis, design and development of web applications and solutions
• Lead, mentor and grow software engineers driving a best in class engineering culture
• Own and manage portfolio finances related to capital, operational costs, and support including forecasting and staying within given budgets
• 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:

• Engineering degree or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience building, leading, and supporting large scale enterprise applications and ecosystems
• 10+ years of experience with microservices and RESTful API delivery
• 10+ years of experience on Continuous Integration and Delivery, DevOps implementation
• 5+ years of experience with React and React native
• 5+ years of experience driving software modernization and strategy
• 5+ years of experience managing portfolio finances and budget
• 2+ years of experience with Adobe AEM and Content Management Solutions
• Solid enterprise unit testing exposure (Karma/Junit/etc.)
• Deeply embedded engineering culture driving engineering excellence across a portfolio
• Proven exceptional ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical people
• Demonstrated success leading large engineering teams
• Demonstrated solid ability to work collaboratively across diverse groups of business and technical stakeholders

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.