Title: Lead Software Engineer Location: US Remote 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, and data they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. Join the Avery Voice team at Optum Technology, where we are redefining patient experience through cutting-edge conversational AI. Our mission is to create sophisticated generative voice bots capable of understanding the nuances of a user's inquiry, providing immediate answers, and ensuring they are seamlessly routed to the most relevant support. You will work at the forefront of innovation, utilizing Amazon's full suite of Bedrock tools and a variety of Large Language Models (LLMs) from providers like Amazon, OpenAI, and Anthropic. This is an opportunity to build and deploy intelligent agents that solve complex, real-world problems in the healthcare space. You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. Primary Responsibilities: - Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered voice solutions to address complex business challenges with an emphasis on the responsible use of AI - Integrate and fine-tune various Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance the intent recognition and conversational capabilities of voice bots - Architect and maintain scalable cloud-based services and APIs that support real-time voice interactions - Use enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate software development tasks, and drive continuous improvement within the engineering lifecycle - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate user requirements into technical specifications for generative AI agents - Evaluate emerging trends in conversational AI and LLM technologies to inform solution design and strategic innovation - Monitor and optimize the performance of voice bots to ensure high accuracy in query resolution and efficient routing - Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in. Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience - 5+ years of programming and software development life-cycle experience - 3+ years of experience in web service API development - 3+ years of experience with Python development - 2+ years of experience optimizing and evaluating production-level LLM applications - Proven ability to contribute independently with minimal supervision Preferred Qualifications: - Extensive experience setting and maintaining DevOps and CI/CD standards - Experience with cloud/distributed architecture design patterns - All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. 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. UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Develop software solutions from vision to production, collaborate with teams to resolve complex problems, and enhance existing applications using various programming languages and technologies to improve system functionality.

Role Description Our customer has an immediate need for a Mainframe programmer to support a payroll application. Strong experience with COBOL in a mainframe environment is required. Experience with IDMS is also required. Exposure to the AGILE methodology and ADSO is a plus. The candidate will be part of the Programming Team. Qualifications - COBOL Design/Programming - IDMS - Agile environment is a plus Requirements - Candidate must be able to obtain a Public Trust. Benefits - Medical, dental & vision - Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital - 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available - Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) - Short and long-term disability - Health Spending Account (HSA) - Transportation benefits - Employee Assistance Program - Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Role Description We aren’t looking for a passive developer who just waits for tickets to be assigned and writes isolated lines of code. We need a "Product General" to take absolute ownership of our software ecosystem from initial design to production lifecycle. Your job is to architect, build, test, deploy, and monitor large-scale, highly available web platforms that can handle intense global velocity. This is a remote, high-availability role for a polyglot engineer who can move effortlessly across full-stack paradigms and thrives in an engineering environment focused on continuous delivery, architectural freedom, and rapid growth through calculated experimentation. We value supreme ownership, systemic thinking, and engineering velocity over corporate credentials. You will join an elite team of competent, talented operators who view failure simply as the raw education required to unlock the next massive technical breakthrough. If you have the cross-functional communication skills to align stakeholders, the technical depth to mentor junior engineers, and the drive to ship code multiple times a day, we will give you the complete autonomy to build our technical future. Qualifications - Proven track record of designing, scaling, and maintaining large-scale, highly resilient modern software systems under real-world traffic patterns. - Deep experience operating in modern agile environments utilizing automated testing, containerized pipelines, and high-frequency production deployments. - Possess an environment-first philosophy, ready to succeed, fail, and learn alongside a world-class team. - Exceptional verbal and written articulation; ability to deconstruct complex technical problems for non-technical stakeholders. Requirements - Own features and systems from inception to production rollout—determining how they are best built, rigorously tested, horizontally scaled, and proactively monitored. - Collaborate closely with domain architects to map, design, and implement robust, highly decoupled server and client architectures. - Maintain and optimize automated CI/CD deployment pipelines, enabling clean, low-risk software releases to production multiple times a day. - Design, optimize, and maintain highly performant relational database schemas and queries. - Take proactive responsibility for high-level system designs and manage technical communication loops with cross-functional stakeholders. - Mentor junior engineers to scale team capabilities. - Available 7 days a week to handle real-time system maintenance, backup confirmations, and emergency incident responses. Benefits - More than just a standard software engineering seat; an opportunity to drive the technical destiny of a global powerhouse. - Extreme Architectural Sovereignty: Value raw execution, system health, and clean code over bureaucratic red tape. - A Culture of High-Talent Momentum: Work alongside a highly competent, autonomous team that actively supports your professional growth. - High-Growth Upside: Clear, unrestricted runway into senior architecture and engineering leadership for those who take relentless ownership. Company Description This is a fully remote position with a schedule requiring high flexibility to handle real-time production hotfixes, deployment validation, and global engineering alignment. All compensation is processed in digital assets (USDC/USDT).