Lead Software Engineer - Remote

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.

Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us in making healthcare work better for everyone through people-led, responsible AI while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As a Lead Software Engineer supporting the Optum Bank Group at Optum Technology, you will lead a distributed engineering team dedicated to developing, modernizing, and enhancing critical banking and financial technology systems that support our nationwide client base. In this 100% remote role (Central Time Zone preferred), you will drive architectural vision and hands‑on implementation for high‑volume, highly secure Java and Spring Boot microservices while evaluating and building intelligent AI solutions to optimize financial workflows, improve automation, and deliver superior client experiences.

You will champion engineering best practices, lead code and architectural reviews, mentor talented engineers, and ensure the highest standards of financial system security, compliance, and platform resiliency.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

• Provide technical leadership and architectural direction across the software development lifecycle for enterprise Java and Spring Boot banking microservices
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI across banking platforms
• Evaluate emerging trends to inform solution design and strategic innovation in financial and banking technology
• Use enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement across engineering teams
• Architect, build, and optimize scalable, highly secure, and resilient RESTful APIs and distributed financial service architectures
• Establish and uphold engineering standards, automated testing, design patterns, and robust CI/CD pipelines to ensure financial-grade reliability
• Lead architecture and code reviews, proactively identifying performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and opportunities to eliminate technical debt
• Partner with product managers, security teams, and business stakeholders across the Optum Bank Group to translate business needs into technical roadmaps and delivery plans
• Mentor, coach, and guide software engineers in a distributed, remote work environment to drive engineering excellence and continuous learning

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.

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience designing, building, and deploying enterprise-scale distributed systems
• 4+ years of hands‑on experience developing backend microservices and APIs using Java and the Spring or Spring Boot framework
• 3+ years of experience designing and implementing secure, high-volume RESTful APIs or distributed service architectures
• 2+ years of experience working with relational or No
  
  SQL database platforms (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, or MongoDB)
• 2+ years of experience with public cloud platforms…