Sr. Software Engineer - Java, React/Angular

Optum; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum is seeking an experienced software development lead to enhance products and drive innovation in cloud-based solutions. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of proven expertise in Java, Spring frameworks, and AI/ML integration.

This role requires strong leadership to guide a team in delivering scalable applications that meet business needs. Additional responsibilities include performance optimization and mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in software development and delivering scalable applications.
• Proven expertise in integrating AI/ML features into production systems.
• Solid experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead a product development team to deliver projects meeting business objectives.
• Build reliable solutions working with business partners and stakeholders.
• Enhance existing products using latest technology advancements.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

AI/ML Integration

SQL Databases

Cloud Platforms

Microservices Architecture

Performance Tuning

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

PostgreSQL

Apache Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Maven/Gradle

Job description

Description

• Collaborate with stakeholders, business partners, Partner Solution Architects, and Technical Architects to ensure reliable and accurate solutions that meet client outcomes.
• Communicate new product and solution requirements to the solution development and management team.
• Lead the team towards technical accomplishments, fostering collaborative efforts and achieving critical project goals.
• Independently communicate with business partners to resolve design issues and negotiate project priorities and deadlines.
• Perform analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, and documentation tasks.
• Enhance existing products and create new offerings utilizing the latest technology.
• Build and lead a product development team to deliver projects that meet business objectives and solve critical user problems.
• Collaborate with key leaders to develop strategic projects, streamline decision-making, and manage the engineering team.
• Act as a technical leader, managing code reviews, post-project analysis, and articulating project success factors.
• Provide leadership for planning, recruiting, and managing a world-class technology, product development, and application engineering team.
• Continuously assess and redesign processes to ensure they are repeatable, sustainable, and scalable.
• Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation by streamlining workflows and automating repetitive tasks. Evaluate emerging trends to drive continuous improvement and strategic innovation.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 7+ years of hands‑on experience in end‑to‑end software development, delivering scalable, high performance modern applications and systems
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Batch, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate
• Hands‑on experience integrating AI/ML driven features into production systems, including data pipelines, model driven workflows, and optimization techniques
• Solid experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle) and NoSQL stores (MongoDB, Redis), including data modeling and query optimization
• Hands‑on experience with event‑driven architecture, Apache Kafka, messaging, and asynchronous processing
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes) for building, deploying, and operating production grade applications
• Proven ability to design and deliver enterprise level solutions aligned with business goals using microservices architecture, cloud native application development, and distributed systems
• Demonstrated expertise in applications with multiple upstream and downstream dependencies, including service orchestration, resilience patterns, and failure handling
• Strong focus on performance tuning and optimization, including JVM tuning, database optimization, API latency reduction, and capacity planning
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, Git, Maven/Gradle, and modern testing methodologies. Experience with monitoring, logging and observability using metrics, centralized logging, distributed tracing, and alerting
• Mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with cross functional teams, and overseeing delivery from concept to production
• Proven problem solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills, enabling effective collaboration across teams