Software Engineering Lead - Python - Fast API, Azure, AI

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:

Build & deliver

Design and implement features across UI + APIs + database

Create/maintain REST/GraphQL endpoints and integrations

Implement authentication/authorization (OAuth2/OIDC, SSO patterns)

Write unit/integration tests and ensure code quality

Work on Agentic AI projects and emerging technologies

Deploy & operate

Build CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions)

Containerize services (Docker) and run on Kubernetes or managed platforms

Configure monitoring/observability (logs, metrics, traces)

Performance tuning and capacity planning

Support & improve

Debug production issues, do root cause analysis, and implement fixes

Improve reliability (SLOs, error budgets, resiliency patterns)

Strengthen security (secrets management, secure coding, vulnerability fixes)

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:

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience

Experience or knowledge in the following:

Frontend: React/Angular/Vue, TypeScript/JavaScript, UI frameworks

Backend: Python (FastAPI/Django/Flask), Java, Node.js, .NET

Data: SQL (Postgres/MySQL/MSSQL), NoSQL (Mongo/Redis), data modeling

Cloud/DevOps: Azure/AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, pipelines

Security: IAM, secrets vaults (HashiCorp Vault/CyberArk), OWASP basics

Observability: App Insights/Datadog/Splunk, logging/metrics/tracing

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.