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# Principal Software Engineer - Remote

- **Company:** Optum, Inc
- **Location:** Schaumburg, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $134,600.0 - $230,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Digital Assets, Spring Framework, Node.Js, Scrum Methodology, Reliability Engineering, Scaled Agile Framework, Software Engineering, TypeScript, ReactJS, Spring-boot, Technical Debt, Backend, AngularJS, Web Technologies, Front End Software Development, Restful APIs, Docker
- **Published:** May 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=01c3f1161d10249f

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Team management?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Undergraduate degree in applicable area of expertise or equivalent experience

 * 7+ years of experience leading software engineering teams and solutions architecture for data intensive, scalable, high throughput platforms, and applications
 * 5+ years of experience with back-end technologies, such as Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Rest API Development
 * 3+ years of experience leading technology operations for large and complex high throughput application or a technology platform
 * 3+ years of experience with front-end web technologies, such as Angular, React, JavaScript, Typescript Node JS
 * Experience proactively tracking the Agile engineering metrics for scrum teams, as well as metrics improvement plans
 * Experience enabling DevOps Maturity by driving CI/CD, automation, and continuous monitoring in all the applications, experience using tools like Docker, Dockers etc.
 * Experience facilitating and leading engineering teams, architecture & delivery planning activities across geographically diverse and multi-disciplinary teams
 * Proven solid Full Stack Engineering Concepts (Front End Web Technologies & Back End Technologies) and hands-on on latest technologies
 * Demonstrated ability to innovate with a deep technical understanding of emerging technologies to address needs and problems of providing services to large and technically progressive organizations
 * Demonstrated communication skills including explaining complex concepts effectively to technical and nontechnical audience, negotiation and persuasion, conflict resolution, and presenting to executive level management
 * Demonstrated leadership skills having led changes in large multi-functional global teams and using Agile practices

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All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

## Description

* Leadership of agile teams building and supporting Public Cloud-based applications & components
 * Use your expertise to lay down architectural foundations and provide guidance on development, with an eye toward avoiding and reducing technical debt.
 * Delivery of roadmap that helps transform capabilities by combining access to the right tools, data, platforms and scalable computing with Optum's healthcare expertise and industry leading data assets
 * Produce high quality solutions that are highly reliable and scalable
 * Work directly with Business, Technology, Digital partners to drive development of new service/product offerings
 * Encourage the growth of engineers through skills development, objectives and goal setting
 * Collaborate effectively in a cross-functional team of engineers, product leaders, scrum masters & User Experience engineers
 * Support the software delivery team's ability to rapidly deliver high-value, quality software through the use of automation and 'everything - as - code' (EaC) best practices
 * Ensure application stability with exceptional quality, reliability engineering, and security controls

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.


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