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Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

About the role:

At UnitedHealth Group and Optum, we want to make healthcare work better for everyone. This depends on hiring the best and brightest. With a thriving ecosystem of investment and innovation, our business in Ireland is constantly growing to support the healthcare needs of the future.

Our teams are at the forefront of building and adapting the latest technologies to propel healthcare forward in a way that better serves everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, we use the most advanced development tools, AI, data science and innovative approaches to make the healthcare system work better for everyone. Join us and do your life's best work.

The Lead UI Engineer will have passion for clean code, a hunger to take on challenging and exciting projects as well as an unrelenting drive to learn and deliver. Qualified candidates will be required to demonstrate the UI hands on knowledge for this position.

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the Product and UX design teams to lead the architecture, design and implementation of UI/UX designs

• Act as a SME within the UI space, proficient in technologies such as Typescript, React & HTML

• Develop prototypes to illustrate UI concepts

• Operate as a key member of an Agile Full Stack engineering team

• Conduct code reviews providing constructive feedback

• Guide and mentor the UI Engineers in the team when required

• Troubleshoot and debug UI-related issues and implement effective solutions in a timely manner

• Continuously evaluate and improve the quality, performance, usability, accessibility and security of our products

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field or equivalent experience

• Strong software product development experience working on commercially available software products

• Practical experience of delivering high quality production software using React & Typescript/Javascript running on NodeJS

• Proficiency in HTML, CSS and front end frameworks preferably React

• Familiarity with UI testing frameworks like Jest and test-driven development methodologies

• Working Knowledge on public clouds like Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and developing applications on Linux environments

• Proven track record of acting as an advocate for driving new technology across the organization via the creation of communities and publishing components for reuse across the organization

• Strong experience of operating in a quickly changing environment and driving technological innovation to meet business requirements

• Experience in using modern software engineering and product development processes including Agile / Scrum, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, DevOps etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with UI/UX design tools such as Adobe XD or Figma

• Familiarity with version control systems such as git.

• Practical experience of developing solutions hosted within one of the major cloud providers (Azure/AWS/Google Cloud)

• Prior experience in lead/senior software engineer role

• Good understanding of Microservices architecture

• Experience in the healthcare industry

• Excellent time management, communication, decision making, and presentation skills

• Display a strong desire to achieve and attain high levels of both internal and external customer satisfaction

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

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.

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.