Assoc Software Engineering Manager- .Net Fullstack, Team Handling

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:

• Engineering Leadership & Delivery

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers across the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), fostering a culture of technical excellence, ownership, continuous learning, and innovation

• Drive technical design, architecture reviews, coding standards, and engineering best practices to ensure delivery of reliable, scalable, and maintainable solutions

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Business Stakeholders, Scrum Masters, Architects, and Engineering Leaders to translate business requirements into technical solutions

• Manage delivery commitments, sprint objectives, project milestones, and operational support activities while ensuring high quality outcomes

• Full Stack Application Development

• Design, develop, and maintain modern front-end applications using Angular, Blazor, and related web technologies

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using ASP.NET Core, C#, SQL Server, and Oracle technologies

• Build and support Monolithic/ Microservices-based architectures using REST APIs, event-driven communication, messaging frameworks, and modern integration patterns

• Develop secure, scalable, highly available, and performance-optimized enterprise solutions

• Cloud & Platform Engineering

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud-native applications and services on Microsoft Azure or equivalent cloud platforms

• Implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub actions , Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automated testing, monitoring, observability, and DevSecOps practices

• Drive application modernization initiatives leveraging containerization, Kubernetes, API Gateways, and cloud-native design principles

• AI Product Delivery & Generative AI Engineering

• Participate in the end-to-end AI Product Delivery Lifecycle, including:

• Business problem identification and use case definition

• AI solution design and architecture

• Data acquisition and preparation

• Model evaluation and validation

• Prompt engineering and experimentation

• AI application development and integration

• Production deployment and monitoring

• Continuous improvement through feedback and model optimization

• Develop and support AI-powered solutions using:

• Azure OpenAI Services

• Large Language Models (LLMs)

• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures

• Vector Databases

• AI Agents and Agentic Workflows

• Semantic Search and Knowledge Retrieval

• AI-assisted Automation and Productivity Solutions

• Collaborate with business and product teams to identify opportunities where Generative AI can improve operational efficiency, user experience, support processes, and knowledge management

• Evaluate AI solutions for accuracy, security, governance, compliance, explainability, and responsible AI practices

• Operational Excellence

• Provide leadership for production support, incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous service improvements

• Drive system reliability, resiliency, performance tuning, and platform stability initiatives

• Establish engineering metrics, dashboards, and KPIs to measure delivery effectiveness, quality, and operational health

• Promote knowledge sharing, documentation, and engineering best practices across teams

• Innovation & Talent Development

• Coach engineers in software design, cloud engineering, AI technologies, and modern development practices

• Champion innovation by piloting emerging technologies, AI capabilities, and automation opportunities

• Support hiring, onboarding, career development, succession planning, and performance enablement for team members

• Build a culture of learning and experimentation aligned with organizational and business objectives

• 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 regard 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

Qualifications -

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Experience in .NET, ASP.NET Core, Angular, Blazor, SQL Server, Oracle, and Microservices Architecture
• Experience with Azure Cloud Services including App Services, Functions, Storage, Service Bus, Key Vault, and Azure DevOps
• Experience leading Agile teams and delivering enterprise-scale applications
• Working knowledge of Generative AI technologies including Azure OpenAI, RAG architectures, Vector Databases, Prompt Engineering, and AI Agent frameworks
• Solid understanding of software architecture, design patterns, security, performance optimization, and cloud-native development
• Proven excellent communication, stakeholder management, and people leadership skills

What Makes This Role Exciting:

• Lead modernization initiatives across cloud, microservices, and AI-driven platforms
• Influence the organization's AI adoption strategy and build real-world Generative AI solutions
• Mentor and grow high-performing engineering teams
• Work directly with business leaders to convert innovative ideas into production-ready products
• Shape the future of healthcare technology through AI-enabled digital transformation

Work timings - Work from 3:00 PM to 12:00 AM IST to ensure adequate business-hour coverage and collaboration with US Pacific Time Zone (PST) teams.

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.