Vice President Software Engineering

UnitedHealth Group Eden Prairie Minnesota United States

About UnitedHealth Group

UnitedHealth Group is a leading healthcare and wellbeing company dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and improving the healthsystem for everyone. With more than 340000 colleagues across two complementary businessesOptum and UnitedHealthcarewe deliver modern highperforming solutions that enhance access affordability outcomes and experiences for over 147million individuals. Our mission values and diverse culture drive us to provide compassionate equitable care to the communities we serve.

Position Overview

As the Vice President of Software Engineering you will lead a large highimpact engineering organization that powers critical healthcare and datadriven platforms. You will set technical vision champion cloudnative and AI/ML innovations and ensure delivery excellence across a portfolio of microservices legacy modernization and platform engineering initiatives.

Employment Type: Fulltime

Location: Eden Prairie Minnesota (Minnetonka MN)

Salary: $200400 $343500 per year (USD)

Benefits: Competitive health dental vision retirement paid timeoff tuition assistance and additional UnitedHealth Group employee wellness programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute a multiyear technology roadmap aligned with UnitedHealth Groups strategic objectives.
• Lead mentor and scale senior engineering managers architects and technical staff across multiple product lines.
• Drive adoption of cloudnative architectures (AWS Azure GCP) and microservice design patterns to enable rapid reliable delivery.
• Champion DevOps SRE and AIOps practices to improve system reliability performance and operational efficiency.
• Oversee AI/ML and Generative AI initiatives integrating advanced analytics and machine learning models into healthcare solutions.
• Partner with product data security and compliance teams to ensure solutions meet regulatory privacy and quality standards.
• Manage endtoend software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes fostering an environment of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Lead legacy modernization programs migrating critical workloads to modern platforms while minimizing risk.
• Represent the engineering organization to executive leadership investors and external partners.
• Promote a culture of diversity inclusion and psychological safety aligning with UnitedHealth Groups core values.

Essential Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of progressive software engineering experience with at least 8 years in senior leadership roles.
• Proven track record of building and scaling large distributed engineering teams (500 engineers).
• Deep expertise in cloudnative technologies (AWS Azure GCP) and container orchestration (Kubernetes Docker).
• Strong background in microservices architecture API design and platform engineering.
• Extensive experience with DevOps SRE CI/CD pipelines and AIOps tools.
• Handson knowledge of AI/ML and Generative AI model development deployment and monitoring.
• Demonstrated success in legacy modernization and migration to cloud platforms.
• Exceptional strategic thinking communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to navigate complex regulatory environments (HIPAA HITECH) and safeguard patient data.

Desired Experience & Skills

• Experience in healthcare insurance or related regulated industries.
• Advanced degree (MS MBA or PhD) in Computer Science Engineering or a related field not mandatory but preferred.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages (Java Go Python Scala) and cloudnative frameworks.
• Successful delivery of largescale missioncritical systems with high availability requirements.
• Leadership in fostering inclusive highperformance cultures and talent development.

Application Process

Interested candidates should submit their resume and a cover letter highlighting relevant leadership achievements and technical expertise through our careers portal: .

UnitedHealth Group is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.