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Senior Software Engineer II @ Optum

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 Senior Software Engineer II

Job Description

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Technical Leadership: Lead multiple engineering teams, ensuring delivery of high-quality software solutions
  • Architecture and Design: Interpret requirements and design scalable, secure, and maintainable systems
  • Mentorship: Guide and mentor engineers across levels, fostering technical growth and best practices
  • Innovation: Evaluate new tools, frameworks, and strategies to improve organizational efficiency
  • Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with architects, QA, DevOps, and product teams in a scaled agile environment
  • Problem Solving: Provide solutions for complex technical challenges and customer needs
  • AI Integration: Design and implement GenAI-powered workflows, including LLM-based agents, prompt orchestration, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • Go Expertise: Develop backend services and microservices using Golang, ensuring performance and scalability
  • AI Governance: Apply responsible AI practices, including security, compliance, and ethical guidelines
  • Platform Development: Build reusable GenAI components, APIs, and SDKs for enterprise adoption
  • Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor''s or Master''s in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
  • 10+ years in software engineering
  • 4+ years in technical leadership roles
  • Technical Skills:
    • Hands-on experience with GenAI frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, OpenAI, Anthropic)
    • Expertise in distributed systems, API design, and cloud-native architectures
    • Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS) and MLOps practices
    • CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and observability tools
    • Proven solid programming in Java, Python, React
  • Soft Skills:
    • Excellent communication and leadership
    • Ability to mentor and influence technical direction
Preferred Qualifications
  • Certifications: TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, AI/ML certifications
  • Experience in healthcare or financial domains
  • Proven track record in AI-driven architecture and performance optimization

Job Classification

Industry: Retail
Functional Area / Department: Engineering - Software & QA
Role Category: Software Development
Role: Technical Architect
Employement Type: Full time

Contact Details:

Company: Optum
Location(s): Chennai

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