Remote Lead Mobile Engineer — AI-Driven Cross-Platform

Optum; Minnetonka (MN); Remote; USD 113,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

Optum, a national healthcare innovation leader, seeks a Lead Mobile Software Engineer to drive the future of our cross‑platform mobile platform (iOS/Android) with React Native. You will provide technical leadership, design robust mobile solutions, and collaborate across product, backend, and design teams.

You will guide the adoption of modern mobile technologies, focus on performance, security, and scalability, and explore AI‑enabled capabilities to improve user experiences for a wide range of

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering with a focus on mobile applications.
• 3+ years of cross-platform frameworks (React Native) or native mobile development.
• 2+ years leading large-scale mobile initiatives or providing technical leadership.
• Experience building scalable mobile platforms and APIs (REST/GraphQL).
• Applied experience with AI-enabled capabilities in software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical roadmap across cross-platform (React Native) and native mobile solutions.
• Deliver clean, scalable mobile code and establish shared libraries and components.
• Lead the adoption and modernization of React Native and native capabilities.
• Ensure high-performance, secure, and reliable mobile applications.
• Design and integrate AI-powered capabilities to address business challenges.
• Leverage AI tools to streamline workflows and improve engineering productivity.
• Partner with product, backend, and design to deliver seamless user experiences.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to inform solution design and innovation.
• Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and mentorship.

Skills

Mobile engineering

Cross-platform

React Native

Swift

Kotlin/Java

APIs REST/GraphQL

CI/CD

AI capabilities

Technical leadership

Platform architecture

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering

Tools

React Native

iOS Swift

Android Kotlin/Java

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Optum, a national healthcare innovation leader, seeks a Lead Mobile Software Engineer to drive the future of our cross‑platform mobile platform (iOS/Android) with React Native. You will provide technical leadership, design robust mobile solutions, and collaborate across product, backend, and design teams.

You will guide the adoption of modern mobile technologies, focus on performance, security, and scalability, and explore AI‑enabled capabilities to improve user experiences for a wide range of