Software Engineer Manager - Telecommute

Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Eden Prairie
Posted on: May 14, 2022

Job Description:

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)Software engineering is the application of engineering to the design, development, implementation, testing and maintenance of software in a systematic method. The roles in this function will cover all primary development activity across all technology functions that ensure we deliver code with high quality for our applications, products and services and to understand customer needs and to develop product roadmaps.These roles include, but are not limited to analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, new development, operations and delivery. With every role in the company, each position has a requirement for building quality into every output. This also includes evaluating new tools, new techniques, strategies; Automation of common tasks; build of common utilities to drive organizational efficiency with a passion around technology and solutions and influence of thought and leadership on future capabilities and opportunities to apply technology in new and innovative ways. Manages and is accountable for professional employees and/or supervisors. Impact of work is most often at the local level.You will have the flexibility to telecommute* as you take on some tough challenges. Primary Responsibilities:

• Set clear goals in alignment with organization priorities
• Coach the team to meet performance objectives
• Work with performance issues as and when the need arises
• Participiate and contribute hiring engineering talent to help mature the delivery model
• Maintain high levels of Employee engagement for respective teams
• Work with cross functional teams (possibly outside the portfolio) on enterprise initiatives - influencing without authority
• Clearly communicate and bring alignment across multiple delivery teams
• Work with diverse set of teams - operations, product, Quality Management, etc. on enterprise initiatives from time to time
• Maintain accountability for the metrics for the capabilities/apps/platforms - System Performance (Availability, Page Load time, Stability), Productivity Improvement, Agile Maturity, Raw Error Rate, etc.
• Provide leadership during Outage, war room calls
• Adapt to mature DevOps practices including process improvements in support model handing customer incidents and operational support
• Drive public cloud adoption and drive the transition from On-Prem to Azure public cloud
• Own the capability/domain and drive improvement in business outcomes by partnering with various stakeholders (product, operations, Infrastructure, etc.)
• Meet all enterprise obligations like time accounting, staff budget management, utilization, and productivity improvementYou'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.Required Qualifications:
  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of experience in building highly scalable internet facing applications both in the internal and external domains
  • 4+ years of practitioner experience on Agile/DevOps
  • Experience utilizing hands-on engineering skills with the ability to debug products
  • Experience engineering products/platforms of the cloud (moving apps to cloud or building cloud native application) (prefer cloud native)
  • Solid experience utilizing Full stack development skills - Springboot, J2EE, RDBMS/MS SQL, JavaScript (Angular)
  • Solid knowledge and understanding of production monitoring of apps/platforms including tools like Splunk/Dynatrace
  • Solid knowledge and understanding of end-to-end web application deployment in a data center - Multi-DC deployment and Traffic Management (GTM vs. LTM) API Gateway (including security management), Core vs DMZ deployment patterns
  • Solid experience utilizing collaboration and inter-personal skills with the ability to clearly communicate and work with stakeholders up the hierarchy, within the team and across the team
  • Solid experience utilizing Cloud platforms like Azure or AWS (Azure preferred)Preferred Qualification:
    • Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure complianceTo protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employmentTechnology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work.(sm)*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.Job Keyword: Mgr, Manager Software Engineer, Manager Developer Engineer

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