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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr Dir Software - Data Platform Engineer - Minneapolis, MN - **Company:** Unitedhealth Group Inc - **Location:** Minneapolis, MN, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Architectural Patterns, Microsoft Azure, BigQuery, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, SQL Databases, Cloud Platform System, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Data Layers, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Data Pipelines, Databricks, Golang - **Published:** August 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/sr-dir-software-data-platform-engineer-minneapolis-mn-minneapolis-mn-usa-58855255 ## About the Role Lead, grow, and mentor a large organization of senior software and data engineers and leaders * Build high-throughput, cloud-native infrastructure and data pipelines for large-scale workloads * Collaborate with product, data, AI/ML, security, and infrastructure leaders to align engineering with business goals * Establish and enforce engineering standards for observability, scalability, and consistency across multiple teams Tasks * 15+ years in software/data engineering, distributed systems, or related fields with progressive leadership * 10+ years building and operating production software/data platforms with large-scale workloads * 10+ years programming experience (Python, Java, Go, SQL) and hands-on contribution * 10+ years driving technology adoption and architectural modernization with cross-functional leaders * 7+ years designing/operating modern data platforms (Spark/Flink, Kafka/Kinesis, Airflow, Snowflake/Databricks/BigQuery) * 7+ years in senior technology leadership roles aaaaaj _ large multi-team organizations * 5+ years building/operating cloud-native solutions (AWS/Azure/GCP) with focus on reliability, security, observability, cost * 3+ years designing/scaling AI-powered systems (RAG, embeddings, vector databases, model-serving) * Proven experience influencing executives and delivering measurable business outcomes * Ability to work onsite in Minneapolis, MN Key requirements * comprehensive benefits package * equity stock purchase * 401k contribution * incentive programs * career development opportunities * competitive compensation ## Description Experteer Overview In this role you will lead a large engineering organization responsible for reference architectures, engineering standards, and platform capabilities across software, data, and AI foundations. You'll drive adoption of scalable, cloud-native solutions and personally validate major architectural decisions with hands-on pilots. You'll mentor senior engineers and leaders, partnering with product, data, AI/ML, security, and infrastructure teams to align delivery with long-term business goals. This position combines strategic guidance with practical engineering oversight to enable enterprise-scale, reliable platforms. Compensation / Benefits * Design and implement reference architectures and platform capabilities for software, data, and AI foundations (including AI-ready data layer) * Translate and operationalize modern tech trends and architectural patterns across the organization * Validate major architectural decisions through hands-on pilots before production rollout * Lead, grow, and mentor a large organization of senior software and data engineers and leaders * Build high-throughput, cloud-native infrastructure and data pipelines for large-scale workloads * Collaborate with product, data, AI/ML, security, and infrastructure leaders to align engineering with business goals * Establish and enforce engineering standards for observability, scalability, and consistency across multiple teams Tasks * 15+ years in software/data engineering, distributed systems, or related fields with progressive leadership * 10+ years building and operating production software/data platforms with large-scale workloads * 10+ years programming experience (Python, Java, Go, SQL) and hands-on contribution * 10+ years driving technology adoption and architectural modernization with cross-functional leaders * 7+ years designing/operating modern data platforms (Spark/Flink, Kafka/Kinesis, Airflow, Snowflake/Databricks/BigQuery) * 7+ years in senior technology leadership roles leading large multi-team organizations * 5+ years building/operating cloud-native solutions (AWS/Azure/GCP) with focus on reliability, security, observability, cost * 3+ years designing/scaling AI-powered systems (RAG, embeddings, vector databases, model-serving) * Proven experience influencing executives and delivering measurable business outcomes * Ability to work onsite in Minneapolis, MN Key requirements * comprehensive benefits package * equity stock purchase * 401k contribution * incentive programs * career development opportunities * competitive compensation ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Data Science in Retail](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/586-data-science-in-retail) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [Making Data Warehouses fast. 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