Senior Software Engineer, AI & Cloud Platforms

Optum; Basking Ridge (NJ); Remote; USD 92,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telecommute from anywhere in the U.S.

Job summary

Optum in the United States seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead design, development, and deployment of enterprise-scale AI solutions and cloud-native platforms, collaborating with product, security, and governance teams to ensure reliability and responsible AI.

This role offers telecommuting within the U.S., mentorship of scrum teams, and opportunities to influence AI engineering standards and innovation across the organization.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software development experience.
• 3+ years deploying and maintaining apps in GCP or AWS.
• 3+ years Python and Java development.
• 3+ years working with SQL/NoSQL databases.
• 2+ years RESTful API (FastAPI) and microservices.
• 1+ year Docker and Kubernetes experience.
• 1+ year using AI lifecycle tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, architecture, development and deployment of scalable cloud-native AI platforms.
• Own end-to-end AI service lifecycle including design, deployment and production support.
• Define and enforce AI engineering standards and observability across AI systems.
• Mentor scrum team members to deliver AI solutions and drive improvement.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, security and governance teams on priorities and delivery.
• Communicate status and technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
• Design and deploy AI-powered solutions with responsible governance and compliance.
• Utilize enterprise tools to optimize coding efficiency, automate tests, and enable CI/CD.

Skills

6+ years software development

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)

Python

Java

SQL/NoSQL

REST API (FastAPI)

Docker

Kubernetes

AI lifecycle tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Google ADK

MCP

Job description

Optum in the United States seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead design, development, and deployment of enterprise-scale AI solutions and cloud-native platforms, collaborating with product, security, and governance teams to ensure reliability and responsible AI.

This role offers telecommuting within the U.S., mentorship of scrum teams, and opportunities to influence AI engineering standards and innovation across the organization.