Lead the architecture, development, and modernization of scalable mobile platforms across React Native, iOS, and Android. Establish shared libraries, SDKs, and platform components; ensure application performance, security, and reliability; integrate responsible AI capabilities; and provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and mentorship. Collaborate with product, backend, and design teams while evaluating emerging technologies and driving platform strategy.
Requisition Number: 2390388
Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Lead the design, development, and evolution of our next-generation mobile platform supporting scalable, high-performance applications across iOS and Android. This role requires significant experience in cross-platform mobile development and platform architecture, with supporting experience in native mobile technologies. You will provide technical leadership, drive platform modernization, and guide engineering teams in building robust, scalable mobile solutions. The ideal candidate combines deep mobile engineering expertise with a passion for innovation, leveraging modern technologies and AI-enabled capabilities to enhance platform performance, scalability, developer productivity, and user experience.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
Primary Responsibilities:
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:
Preferred Qualifications:
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 - $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Lead the design, development, and evolution of our next-generation mobile platform supporting scalable, high-performance applications across iOS and Android. This role requires significant experience in cross-platform mobile development and platform architecture, with supporting experience in native mobile technologies. You will provide technical leadership, drive platform modernization, and guide engineering teams in building robust, scalable mobile solutions. The ideal candidate combines deep mobile engineering expertise with a passion for innovation, leveraging modern technologies and AI-enabled capabilities to enhance platform performance, scalability, developer productivity, and user experience.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Define and drive the technical roadmap across cross-platform (React Native) and native (iOS, Android) mobile solutions
- Deliver clean, scalable, and maintainable mobile code across platform layers while establishing shared libraries, SDKs, and platform components
- Lead the adoption and evolution of React Native while supporting and modernizing native mobile capabilities
- Ensure high-performance, secure, and reliable mobile applications across enterprise platform solutions
- Design, develop, and integrate AI-powered capabilities into mobile platform solutions to address complex business challenges with an emphasis on responsible and secure AI implementation
- Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive engineering productivity and continuous improvement
- Partner with product, backend, and design teams to deliver seamless user experiences
- Evaluate emerging trends and modern technologies to inform solution design and strategic innovation
- Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and mentorship to engineers across the mobile platform
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:
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on mobile application development
- 3+ years of experience with cross-platform frameworks (React Native preferred) or native mobile development (iOS with Swift and/or Android with Kotlin/Java)
- 2+ years leading large-scale mobile initiatives or providing technical leadership
- Demonstrated experience building and architecting scalable mobile platforms
- Experience working with APIs (REST/GraphQL), cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and modern engineering practices
- Applied experience leveraging or integrating AI-enabled capabilities, AI-powered tools, or AI-assisted engineering practices within software delivery environments
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Experience with React Native in production environments
- Experience guiding teams through platform transitions, such as native to cross-platform architectures
- Experience designing, developing, or integrating AI/ML capabilities into production mobile platform solutions
- Experience building platform-level or enterprise shared mobile capabilities
- Deep understanding of global-scale application performance, security, and reliability
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 - $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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