Principal Architect - Telecommute

Landmark Health, part of the Optum and UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, was created to transform how healthcare is delivered to the most medically vulnerable members in our community. Our medical group provides home-based medical care to chronically ill patients, many of whom are ill-equipped to navigate our overwhelming healthcare system.

Landmark Health is hiring a new Principal Architect, Software Engineering to work closely with both the Engineering/Development organization and Product Management teams. You will own the technical direction and architecture for Ubiquity; the EHR system that powers the Landmark business. You will lead the transformation of Ubiquity into an enterprise level product able to meet the scalability requirements and functional demands due to the recent acquisition and integration with Optum. As the head architect for Ubiquity, you will take a lead role in the engineering team setting foundational design processes, defining the application architecture and leading the technology roadmap for the organization. You will also create prototypes and proof of concepts to evaluate new technology.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop, analyze and continuously improve product architecture by working with product management, development, release engineering and SRE teams within the product to modernize Ubiquity
• Perform “current state” analysis to determine the baseline of product performance, reliability, security and scalability. Develop a “target state”, perform gap analysis, identify areas of improvement and develop a roadmap to resolve gaps
• Lead the architecture community of practice for the Ubiquity product and technology organization
• Drive design, development and deployment of product architecture based on the roadmap
• Define a technical roadmap to modernize product architecture while aligning with short, medium and longer term business priorities
• Direct experience in defining the service and integration requirements and deploying the same to support cloud applications to-be built with Micro Services Architecture (MSA)
• Support and monitor platform modernization initiatives from legacy systems to new solutions and recommend solutions to improve existing systems
• Collaborate with and provide ongoing feedback and subject matter expertise to stakeholders from both Product Management and Development teams on data architecture related topics
• Demonstrate expert-level proficiency in service modeling, service life-cycle management, transaction processing, and low-level design for both structured and unstructured data
• Accelerate the adoption of new data technologies by jump starting and developing proof-of-concepts utilizing emerging technologies
• Evangelize Ubiquity throughout the non-development teams and outside of the company
• Mentor technical resources in the areas of design, architectural patterns and coding best practices
• Evaluate 3rd party solutions and tools to accelerate delivery and speed time to market

You’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:

• Bachelor’s or an additional 2 years of experience in lieu of a degree
• 10+ years of experience in IT combined hands on and leading software development teams in the design, implementation, testing and delivery of complex enterprise software
• 5+ years of experience as a software architect defining the architecture and technical strategy for multiple teams of engineers across multiple geographies
• Experience building large scale, high transaction-volume cloud applications
• Expertise analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems and willingness to help the product team diagnose and address production issues
• Knowledge of domain driven design or other applicable high level patterns
• Fluent and current on architecture trends with an eye on market/technical conditions and future direction
• Excellent understanding of the architectural principles for private & public cloud based platforms that include two or more of the following SaaS, PaaS, multi-tenancy, infrastructure as code, and continuous availability
• A proven record initiating and leading change - both technical and process
• Solid foundation in micro-services and REST API design
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function 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 compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with the unique challenges to software development in the healthcare vertical
• Experience creating solutions with private and public cloud architecture
• Micro frontend experience delivering single [age applications using technologies like Angula
• Highly proficient in C#, .Net including .Net Core and WPF
• Thorough understanding of NoSQL document database design and scaling considerations
• Impeccable attention to detail and strong ability to convert complex product requirements into elegant software solutions
• Solid interest and participation as a coach and a mentor to junior members of technical team

To 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 employment

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Colorado, Connecticut or Nevada Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $113,500 to $218,100. The salary range for Connecticut / Nevada residents is $113,500 to $218,100. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

*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.

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