Remote Lead Software Engineer: AI & Health Data Platform

UnitedHealth Group; Eden Prairie (MN); Remote; USD 113,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group in Eden Prairie, MN is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design, build, and scale the software and data platforms that improve healthcare delivery and operations. The role is remote, with the Minneapolis metro area requiring four days in the office per week.

In this IC leadership position you will stay hands-on while setting technical direction, owning architecture decisions, and advancing responsible AI across the SDLC.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on software development experience
• 5+ years of development experience with Python and/or Java/Scala, JSON, REST/Web Services
• 4+ years of experience in relational databases and SQL, including performance tuning
• 4+ years with distributed data technologies (Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Snowflake or equivalent)
• 3+ years designing and deploying applications on a major cloud platform (Azure preferred)
• 3+ years with CI/CD, automated testing, and modern source control workflows (GitHub, Jenkins/Azure DevOps)
• 2+ years with Proficiency building services or full stack apps (e.g., FastAPI/Flask, Node.js, React/Angular, TypeScript, HTML/CSS).
• Demonstrated experience leading the technical direction of a team or significant platform, including mentoring engineers and owning architectural decisions
• Experience applying AI/GenAI capabilities in production software, or a clear track record of rapidly adopting and leading new technology.

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership across multiple delivery teams; set technical direction through expertise, influence, and mentorship rather than formal authority
• Own end-to-end architecture for assigned products and platforms: requirements analysis, system design, development, testing, deployment, and production support
• Establish and enforce engineering standards — coding standards, design/code review practices, testing strategy, documentation, and definition of done
• Partner with data engineering to build feature/retrieval stores, embeddings pipelines, and ETL/ELT jobs on Spark/Databricks; design analytics models and rules engines
• Define and develop APIs for integrations across the enterprise; improve data access patterns for low latency inference
• Create prototypes and proofs-of-concept to de-risk delivery and validate architectural choices
• Champion HIPAA and regulated industry controls; integrate access controls, PHI/PII safeguards, data minimization, encryption, and auditability
• Design and deliver AI-powered features where they add measurable value, with emphasis on responsible and compliant use of AI
• Collaborate with legal, compliance, and clinical safety to operationalize Responsible AI principles
• Drive adoption of AI-native software engineering practices across the SDLC, and define standards for responsible use of AI-assisted development tools

Skills

Software development

Python/Java/Scala

Distributed data

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Full stack

AI/GenAI

Mentoring engineers

Job description

UnitedHealth Group in Eden Prairie, MN is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design, build, and scale the software and data platforms that improve healthcare delivery and operations. The role is remote, with the Minneapolis metro area requiring four days in the office per week.

In this IC leadership position you will stay hands-on while setting technical direction, owning architecture decisions, and advancing responsible AI across the SDLC.