Senior Software Engineering Lead

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, architect, develop, and maintain user interfaces, server-side logic, databases, APIs, and deployment processes.
• Build and optimize AI-enabled solutions to enhance application functionality and user experience.
• Perform analysis, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation of software.
• Leverage cloud-native technologies (preferably Azure) to design scalable, secure, and cost-efficient solutions using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
• Deliver high-quality, end-to-end solutions while collaborating with agile teams and stakeholders.
• Ensure adherence to engineering best practices, agile methodologies, and cloud security standards.
• Contribute to product roadmaps by understanding customer needs and evaluating new AI frameworks and tools.
• Automate tasks, build reusable utilities, and ensure adherence to engineering standards.
• Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency using tools like Azure Monitor and Grafana.
• Integrate AI/ML models into applications and ensure seamless deployment on cloud platforms.
• Troubleshoot technical issues promptly and participate in incident management, including on-call support.
• Mentor junior developers to foster team growth.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in IT, Computer Science, Business, or equivalent experience with 9+ years in software engineering (microservices, REST APIs).
• Strong experience with Python libraries (Pandas, Flask, PySpark) and frameworks like FastAPI/Flask.
• Hands-on expertise with public cloud platforms, preferably Azure, using IaC tools like Terraform for AKS deployments via GitHub Actions.
• Solid knowledge of component-based architectures with React, microservice architecture, and asynchronous communication patterns.
• Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch) to integrate models into applications.
• Proficiency in Node.js, PostgreSQL Flexible Server, and setting up CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated ability to address security vulnerabilities and ensure secure application development.

About Optum

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