Principal Software Engineer

Optum; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group, seeks a senior software architect in Hyderabad to lead architecture, design, and development of cloud-native applications and data platforms using Azure, Java, Spring Boot, React JS, Snowflake, and DBT.

The role balances hands-on coding with technical leadership, governance, and mentoring of engineering teams, ensuring secure, compliant healthcare technology solutions and pushing for CI/CD, DevSecOps, and platform observability.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering and application development.
• Hands-on expertise with Azure cloud services and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience leading technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution delivery from HLD to roadmaps.
• Design and develop full-stack apps using Java, Spring Boot, React, and Azure.
• Build data solutions with Databricks, Snowflake, DBT, and semantic models.
• Mentor teams and drive engineering excellence and best practices.
• Ensure security, compliance, and platform risk mitigation with stakeholders.

Skills

Team leadership

Solution design

Technical governance

Mentoring teams

Tools

Azure cloud services

Java

Spring Boot

React JS

Snowflake

DBT

Databricks

Job description

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Position in this function leads the architecture, design, and development of modern cloud-native applications and data platforms leveraging Azure, Java, Spring Boot, React JS, Snowflake, and DBT. This role combines hands-on engineering, technical leadership, solution design, and governance responsibilities to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant healthcare technology solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end solution delivery, including High-Level Design (HLD), Low-Level Design (LLD), architecture reviews, and technical roadmaps
• Design and develop scalable full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, React JS, and Azure cloud services
• Build and integrate modern data solutions leveraging Databricks, Snowflake, DBT, and semantic layer architectures
• Remain highly hands-on, contributing to coding, code reviews, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and production support
• Lead and mentor engineering teams, driving engineering excellence, development standards, and best practices
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions
• Drive application security, vulnerability remediation, dependency management, and platform risk mitigation efforts
• Partner with Security, Compliance, Audit, and Risk teams to ensure adherence to enterprise policies, regulatory requirements, and healthcare industry standards
• Establish CI/CD, DevSecOps, observability, and operational excellence practices across the platform
• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Required Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in full-stack software engineering and application development
• Hands-on experience with Azure cloud services and cloud-native application architectures
• Experience delivering data-driven solutions using Snowflake, DBT, and semantic data models
• Experience leading technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and development teams
• Solid expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and React JS
• Solid knowledge of secure software development, vulnerability management, and compliance requirements
• Solid understanding of microservices, distributed systems, API integrations, and modern engineering patterns

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized deployments
• Familiarity with DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and CI/CD pipelines
• Exposure to AI/ML-powered applications and modern data platforms
• Healthcare domain expertise, including experience with regulated data environments and compliance requirements
• Solid technical leader who can balance architecture, hands-on development, team leadership, platform security, and compliance while delivering scalable healthcare applications and data solutions on modern cloud platforms

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

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