Lead Software Engineer - AI-Driven Analytics Platform

Optum; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Wellness programs

Matching pension contribution

Lunch provided by the company

Job summary

Optum in Ireland is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to guide analytics, analytic applications and platforms. You will collaborate with data scientists and engineers to deliver high-quality code for applications and services.

The role emphasizes scalable designs, responsible AI, and modern pipelines using Python, PySpark and SQL, with opportunities to work across cloud platforms and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Proven extensive hands-on experience in Software Development.
• Proven experience working with Spark, PySpark, and Databricks
• Proven experience developing applications on at least one major cloud platform, including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical lead contributing to and directing the efforts of development teams, including internal and external team members
• Lead end-to-end software engineering activities, including requirements analysis, system design, development, testing, deployment, and application support
• Design, develop, and deploy scalable, high-performance software applications and AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools and emerging generative AI technologies to improve software design, development, testing, documentation, code review, and operational efficiency
• Evaluate, adopt, and promote AI-powered engineering practices that accelerate delivery while maintaining security, quality, compliance, and maintainability standards
• Partner with architecture, product, and engineering teams to identify opportunities to incorporate AI capabilities into products, platforms, and developer workflows
• Build and optimize data workflows and pipelines using Python, PySpark, and SQL to process large-scale datasets efficiently
• Research, evaluate, and deploy new tools, frameworks and patterns to build a sustainable Analytic platform
• Maintain and support CICD processes using GitHub Actions to test and build software artifacts
• Be innovative in solution design and development to meet the needs of the business
• Assist in defining product technical architecture
• Make accurate development effort estimates to assist management in project and resource planning
• Create prototypes, proof-of-concepts & design and code reviews
• Write technical documentation and participate in production support

Skills

Software Development

Spark / PySpark

Databricks

Cloud platforms (Azure / AWS / GCP)

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

NoSQL databases

Job description

Optum in Ireland is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to guide analytics, analytic applications and platforms. You will collaborate with data scientists and engineers to deliver high-quality code for applications and services.

The role emphasizes scalable designs, responsible AI, and modern pipelines using Python, PySpark and SQL, with opportunities to work across cloud platforms and CI/CD practices.