Senior Software Engineer Lead

Optum; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum Hyderabad is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to design, develop, and operate secure cloud services. You will lead a team, drive architectural alignment, and reduce technical debt by standardizing patterns across platforms.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with partner teams on security guidelines, and ensure compliant, scalable operations in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a software development engineer or equivalent hands-on production systems experience.
• 5+ years with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) beyond basic IaaS functionality.
• 5+ years programming in at least one high-level language (Python, Golang, JavaScript, etc.).
• 5+ years of engineering experience building infrastructure using code and repeatable designs (IaC).
• 2+ years of experience with containers and orchestration platforms, such as Kubernetes.
• 2+ years of experience in automating CI/CD using Jenkins Pipeline as Code, GitHub actions, or similar tools, along with proficiency in Git.
• 2+ years of experience with Agile/lean development practices as a leader.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate secure cloud platform services and software that meet business requirements.
• Lead a team of cloud platform engineers to ensure solutions align with architecture, patterns, and security requirements.
• Demonstrate innovation, streamline processes, and reduce technical debt by standardizing patterns.
• Automate repetitive tasks (TOIL), monitor applications, define metrics, and ensure operational quality of applications.
• Manage security controls at the platform level to enable secure operations.
• Collaborate with partner teams to communicate information security guidance and standards and reduce risks.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and leadership to the Cloud Platform team.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Programming: Python

Programming: Golang/JS

Infrastructure as Code

Kubernetes

CI/CD automation

Agile leadership

Production systems

Git

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and operate secure cloud platform services and software that meet business requirements
• Lead a team of cloud platform engineers to ensure that technical solutions align with architectural principles, design patterns, and enterprise security requirements
• Demonstrate innovation, streamline processes, and reduce technical debt by standardizing patterns
• Automate repetitive tasks (TOIL), monitor applications, simplify work practices, define metrics, and ensure the operational quality of applications
• Manage security controls at the platform level to enable secure, efficient, and policy-compliant operations
• Collaborate with multiple partner teams to communicate information security guidance and standards and reduce information security risks
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and leadership to the Cloud Platform team to improve their skills and knowledge
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
  

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience as a software development engineer or equivalent hands‑on experience producing code for production systems
• 5+ years of experience working with Public Cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP, beyond basic IaaS functionality
• 5+ years of experience programming in at least one high‑level language (Python, Golang, JavaScript, etc.)
• 5+ years of engineering experience in building infrastructure using code and repeatable designs (IaC)
• 2+ years of experience with containers and orchestration platforms, such as Kubernetes
• 2+ years of experience in automating CI/CD using Jenkins [Pipeline as Code], GitHub actions, or similar tools, along with proficiency in source control systems such as Git
• 2+ years of experience with Agile/lean development practices as a leader

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Experience with containers and orchestration platforms, such as Kubernetes
• Evidence-based approach to decision‑making and problem‑solving
• Design mindset with the ability to construct scalable, distributed services
• Proficient in algorithms, data structures, object‑oriented programming, and system design
• Knowledge of API design and lifecycle management (REST, etc.)
• Expertise in data storage, caching, and optimization (SQL and NoSQL databases)
• Familiarity with inter‑service messaging and stream discovery (SQS, Pub/Sub Kafka, etc.)
• Proficiency in instrumentation, logging, and tracing tools (Prometheus, CloudWatch, Stack Driver, Azure Monitor, etc.)