Software Engineer Lead - .Net Developer and Cloud

Optum; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is seeking a Software Engineer Lead - .Net Developer and Cloud to design and deliver scalable microservices on Azure and AWS. You will drive CI/CD, automation, and IaC while mentoring junior developers and guiding architecture decisions.

Requires 6+ years of software engineering experience, strong cloud and microservices skills, and excellent communication. This is an on-site role in Hyderabad, India, with a focus on health-tech solutions and impactful outcomes.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience and leadership potential.
• Ability to design system architectures and document high-level design decisions.
• Experience with cloud-native apps on Azure and AWS; cost optimization awareness.
• Experience with CI/CD, automation and IaC practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain scalable microservices across SDLC on Azure and AWS.
• Drive CI/CD, testing automation and IaC practices; mentor juniors.
• Identify and fix production issues; optimize cloud costs and performance.
• Provide technical leadership, code reviews and architecture discussions.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and flexible work arrangements.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Technical leadership

Mentoring

CI/CD & automation

RESTful microservices

Infra as Code

Problem solving

Communication

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

Azure

AKS

Service Fabric

App Service

Cosmos DB

Azure Storage

Service Bus

Event Hubs

Application Gateway

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitHub Actions

MLOps

Job description

Improve the lives of others while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Job Description - Software Engineer Lead - .Net Developer and Cloud (2390445)

Software Engineer Lead - .Net Developer and Cloud - 2390445

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:

• Design, implement and maintain highly scalable microservices within all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) on Microsoft Azure and AWS
• Establish, refine and integrate CI/ CD, feature testing automation, performance testing as needed. Good understanding of Infrastructure as code
• Identify production and non-production application issues
• Identify opportunities to fine-tune and optimize applications, public cloud infrastructure cost, best cloud practices, scalability, and high availability
• Provide technical leadership, design and code review, serve as a mentor to junior developers
• 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:

• Graduate or Postgraduate in Computer Science /Engineering/Science/Mathematics or related field with 6+ years of solid software engineering experience
• Proven ability to envision the overall solution for defined functional and non-functional requirements; and be able to define technologies, patterns and frameworks to materialize it
• Proven ability to design and develop the framework of the system and be able to explain choices made. Also write and review design documents explaining overall architecture, framework and high-level design of the application
• Proven ability to create, understand and validate Design and estimated effort for given module/task, and be able to justify it
• Proven ability to define in-scope, out-of-scope and taken assumptions while creating effort estimates
• Proven ability to identify and integrate well over all integration points in context of a project as well as other applications in the environment

Technical Skills:

• Solid experience in Azure application development, infrastructure, networking, monitoring, troubleshooting and public cloud cost analysis
• Experience with developing applications using Azure Kubernetes service (AKS), Service Fabric, App Service, function, Cosmos DB, azure Storage, service bus queues, event hubs, application gateway etc
• Proficient in AI tools like copilot, AI automation and productivity, knowledge in LLM, and agentic AI framework
• Proficiency in Front-end application development using Angular or React
• Good knowledge in docker containers, orchestrator like Kubernetes (MUST)
• Design and implement highly scalable Restful microservices
• Automating all deployment steps with Infrastructure as Code (IAC), CI/ CD pipelines using Git Action, terraform, MLOps etc.
• Define guidelines and benchmarks for NFR considerations during project implementation
• Do required POCs to make sure that suggested design/technologies meet the requirements
• Quick learner and highly motivated team player and a self-starter. Should be able to learn new technology and able to deliver the work in short duration
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. solid collaborator within and across multiple teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Good to have AWS experience
• Good to have fundamental core ML and DL knowledge, NLP
• Health care industry experience
• Knowledge in NLP, machine learning, deep learning

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.

UnitedHealth Group is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or accommodation for any part of the application process, please call 1-866-566-8715 to be connected to Recruitment Services. Recruitment Services hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday.

UnitedHealth Group is a registered service mark of UnitedHealth Group, Inc. The UnitedHealth Group name with the dimensional logo, as well as the dimensional logo alone, are both service marks for the UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.