Senior Software Engineering Lead - React UI Automation

Optum India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum India is seeking an experienced QA Automation Engineer to develop and deliver applications using modern UI frameworks and scalable microservices. The role focuses on test automation, performance, and reliability across UI, API, and backend layers.

You will contribute to building AI-enabled features and mentor automation testers while collaborating in an Agile environment to drive high-quality software releases.

Qualifications

• More than 10 years in application development with React/Spring Boot
• Hands-on with test automation frameworks Selenium/Playwright/Cypress
• Experience leading QA teams and delivering reusable components

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver applications using modern UI frameworks and scalable backend microservices
• Design, implement, test, and troubleshoot software components for quality and performance
• Build and maintain test automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines
• Mentor Automation QA testers and promote best practices
• Collaborate in Agile/Scrum to deliver features in iterative releases

Skills

10+ years of experience in application

UI development

API-driven architectures

Test automation frameworks

QA automation

CI/CD

AI/ML concepts in automation

Selenium/Playwright/Cypress

Cross browser testing

Mentoring QA engineers

Education

Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Postman

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.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver applications using modern UI frameworks and scalable backend microservices under established architectural guidelines
• Design, implement, test, and troubleshoot software components and features, ensuring quality, performance, and reliability
• Develop micro‑products and services using React / Nextjs for front‑end and Spring Boot / Python for backend development
• Contribute to building AI‑enabled features, including exposure to Generative AI and agent‑based workflows, under guidance from senior engineers
• Develop and enhance user interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks, with a focus on usability, performance, and maintainability
• Write and optimize database queries and stored procedures using MS SQL and work with GraphQL APIs for efficient data access
• Collaborate as part of an Agile/Scrum team to deliver new product features and services in iterative release cycles
• Participate actively in code reviews, following coding standards and incorporating feedback to improve code quality
• Support and improve CI/CD pipelines, contributing to build, deployment, and automation efforts for cloud‑native applications
• Build automated tests for UI/ backend/ APIs
• Write and execute automated tests in a TDD (Test Driven Development) setup
• Manage test data for Automation
• Engineer solutions that collect and report test results through various metrics reporting tools, example Sonar
• Demonstrate expertise in black box and grey box testing methodologies, experience with standard QA and development tools, and the ability to operate within short release cycles
• Develop in-depth system and product knowledge
• Constantly evaluate the test automation strategy and approach to identify areas of improvement (i.e. test automation frameworks, dynamic data collection methodologies, coding standards, components and object repository methods, etc.)
• Assist and mentor Automation QA testers in learning and developing automated scripts. Provide recommendations for improvement and share explanations and information to support team development
• Document and mentor Quality engineers on the use of the testing framework
• Partner with product owners and developers to identify areas for improved efficiencies
• Research and implement tools to support delivery
• Assist with DevOps support
• 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

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of hands‑on experience in application development, with practical exposure to React‑based UI, Java/Spring Boot microservices, and API‑driven architectures
• Experience contributing to reusable backend services or shared components (such as workflows, rules, orchestration, or data services) that are used by more than one application or team
• Hands on Experience with Test automation frameworks - Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or similar
• Experience to define and report Quality Engineering metrics
• Experience to lead and mentor a team of Quality engineers
• Good understanding of building secure, reliable, and scalable systems, including basics of authentication/authorization, performance considerations, logging/monitoring, and supporting applications in production environments
• Practical exposure to applying AI/ML or NLP concepts to real‑world problems such as automation, API onboarding an consumption, or decision support, under guidance from senior engineers
• API testing/ Automation - Postman/ Rest Assured/ Karate or similar experience
• Cross browser testing / automation using Sauce Labs/ Browser Stack or similar experience
• Solid expertise building Scenarios with BDD frameworks - Cucumber, Spec flow or similar
• Demonstrated delivery of solutions that promote code reuse, maintainability, and faster development, beyond one‑off or tightly coupled implementations
• Proven solid Coding skills - Java/ Jscript, Typescript or similar
• Willingness and ability to learn, collaborate, and receive mentorship, while sharing knowledge with peers and following engineering best practices across platform and AI‑enabled components
• Demonstrated ability to design and build test automation frameworks from scratch - choosing right frameworks based on project needs
• Demonstrated ability to work in a flexible/ fast paced Agile environment
• Proven solid communication skills, problem solving skills

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.