Software Engineering Lead

Optum India; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum India is hiring for a senior engineering role focused on Java/Spring Boot applications and secure RESTful APIs on Azure. You will work across data and AI workloads, integrating AI capabilities, and ensuring scalable cloud-native solutions with CI/CD and observability.

The team emphasizes collaboration, security, and responsible AI practices. You will engage with onshore/offshore delivery models, drive architectural decisions, and mentor peers while using cutting-edge AI tooling and modern

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of designing and implementing Java/Spring boot based applications
• 5+ years of experience implementing high-transactional RESTFul APIs
• 5+ years of working with databases (relational, non-relational, JSON, Columnar)
• 4+ years of experience in Agile Delivery (Rally/Nimble/JIRA)
• 1+ years of experience in Azure AI and resources like AKS, App Service and MLOps
• Experience in Agile Delivery/onshore-offshore model
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven excellent communication skills with ability to describe data/capability stories

Responsibilities

• Develop and support scalable Java/Spring Boot applications and APIs on Azure, with AI capabilities like LLM integration, RAG, intelligent search, classification, summarization, and predictive insights.
• Implement secure, reliable APIs using modern integration and event-driven patterns.
• Build and maintain data integrations and services using MySQL, Redis, and Snowflake for operational, analytical, and AI workloads.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to enable data quality, feature generation, and AI solution adoption.
• Develop, deploy, and support cloud-native applications using Azure, containers, and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring observability and reliability.
• Apply security, privacy, compliance, and responsible AI practices throughout the SDLC.
• Partner with business and technology teams to deliver scalable solutions meeting objectives, and promote best practices.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools and tooling (GitHub, Docker, Sonar, AKS, Redis, MySQL, Snowflake, Splunk, Azure AI) to boost productivity.

Skills

Java/Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Azure Cloud

AKS / App Service

Data & AI

CI/CD / DevOps

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

Agile Delivery

Communication

Problem Solving

Security & Responsible AI

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

GitHub

Docker

Sonar

AKS

Redis

MySQL

Snowflake

Splunk

Azure AI services

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

• Platform & APIs (AI-Enabled Engineering)
  • Develop and support scalable Java/Spring Boot applications and APIs on Azure, incorporating AI capabilities such as LLM integration, RAG, intelligent search, classification, summarization, and predictive insights.
  • Implement secure, reliable, and well-documented APIs using modern integration and event-driven patterns.
• Data & AI Solutions
  • Build and maintain data integrations and services using MySQL, Redis, and Snowflake to support operational, analytical, and AI-driven workloads
  • Collaborate with data engineering teams to enable data quality, feature generation, and AI solution adoption
• Cloud, DevOps & Reliability
  • Develop, deploy, and support cloud-native applications using Azure services, containers, and CI/CD pipelines. Monitor application health, troubleshoot performance issues, and contribute to automation, observability, scalability, and operational excellence
• Security & Responsible AI
  • Apply security, privacy, compliance, and responsible AI practices throughout the software development lifecycle
  • Utilize secure coding standards, identity management, vulnerability remediation, and approved AI governance controls
• Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
  • Partner with business and technology teams to deliver scalable solutions that meet business objectives
  • Contribute to technical design, evaluate emerging technologies, document solutions, and promote engineering best practices across the team
• AI-Assisted Development & Tooling
  • Leverage AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering platforms to improve productivity, code quality, testing, documentation, and operational support
  • Utilize technologies including GitHub, Docker, Sonar, AKS, Redis, MySQL, Snowflake, Splunk, and Azure AI services to develop and maintain enterprise solutions
• 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

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of designing and implementing Java/Spring boot based applications
• 5+ years of experience implementing high-transactional RESTFul APIs
• 5+ years of working with various types of databases (relational, non-relational, JSON, Columnar, etc.)
• 4+ years of experience in Agile Delivery (Rally/Nimble/JIRA, etc.)
• 1+ years of experience in Azure AI and resources like AKS, App Service and MLOps
• Experience in working in an Agile Delivery/onshore-offshore model
• Proven solid analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly identify and resolve issues
• Proven excellent communication skills with ability to describe \"data/capability stories\" and explain value to customers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in HealthCare industry standards like HL7, FHIR or SMART
• Java & Springf Boot
• Data Base: PostgreSQL*/ Any
• Cloud: Azure* / Any
• AI Tools & Agents
• Agile Tools

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.