Sr Software Engineering Manager - Remote or Hybrid in MN or DC

Rx Payment Modernization Agenda Developer

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives.

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Role Summary

Provide development and architectural guidance for the Rx Payment Modernization agenda within Optum Rx Technology, supporting vendor delivery and ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, compliant, and aligned with enterprise standards. This role involves hands-on engagement in architecture and design decisions, along with technical oversight of internal and third-party engineering teams, with a focus on validating implementations and ensuring delivery quality. The role will evolve to owning the new product, driving implementation of business enhancements.

If you are located in MN or DC, you will have the flexibility to work remotely
* as you take on some tough challenges. This position follows a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

Cloud Architecture & Application Design

• Own cloud and solution architecture across the application including Azure, microservices, APIs, data
• Define and maintain reference architectures, reusable patterns, frameworks, and guardrails to enable consistent and accelerated delivery
• Lead architecture and design reviews, clearly articulating trade offs, risks, and long term implications to technology leadership
• Drive performance, resilience, security, and operational excellence through architectural design
• Partner closely with Enterprise Architecture, Security, and Business to translate business needs into scalable solutions
• Act as design authority for vendor delivered solutions, ensuring adherence to Optum architecture, security, and engineering standards
• Govern vendor execution through design approvals, technical checkpoints, and delivery reviews
• Serve as technical escalation point for complex cross team issues
• Support production readiness, incident analysis, and remediation, ensuring vendors meet SLAs and quality expectations
• Monitor security findings and vulnerabilities, driving timely remediation with vendors and internal teams
• Provide engineering authority, focusing on design quality, best practices, and technical standards
• Participate in code and design reviews to guide design and engineering practices

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.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure management, application design, architecture, or application delivery
• 3+ years of experience in legacy modernization and cloud-based data modernization
• Experience with modern technology stacks, including:
  Cloud platforms (Azure preferred), Java and Spring Framework, Git Hub Actions and Dev Ops pipelines, MongoDB and modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React), Data engineering tools (ADF, Databricks)
• Experience working with vendor-managed delivery - Understand implementations at a technical level, validate and verify technical deliverables and milestones
• Hands-on technical role, requiring active involvement in validating architecture, solutions, and delivery milestones.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years exposure to digital transformation initiatives (migration from legacy to modern technology stacks)
• Exposure to high-volume, transaction-based systems

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary for this…