Principal Engineer - Remote

Requisition Number: 2373361
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.
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:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing engineering team responsible for enterprise pipeline platform delivery
• Provide direction on priorities, workforce planning, and skill development aligned to platform strategy
• Drive accountability for delivery outcomes, operational excellence, and continuous improvement
• Own delivery of the enterprise pipelines platform, including reusable CI/CD workflows, actions, and services
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, and performance to support enterprise-wide usage
• Manage backlog, sprint execution, and delivery commitments using agile delivery models (e.g., POD-based execution)
• Establish and drive adoption of standardized, reusable pipeline patterns that reduce application team operational overhead
• Deliver centralized pipeline capabilities that promote consistency across development teams and environments
• Embed enterprise security and compliance controls into pipelines, including code scanning, artifact scanning, and policy enforcement
• Ensure pipelines enforce quality gates and shift-left validation to prevent non-compliant deployments
• Partner with security and compliance teams to align pipeline enforcement mechanisms with enterprise standards
• Lead large-scale migration from legacy CI/CD platforms to EPL-based GitHub Actions workflows
• Drive adoption strategies, onboarding frameworks, and engagement models with application teams
• Monitor and improve adoption metrics and customer experience across the 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

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or DevOps roles
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams or large-scale technical delivery efforts
• Solid experience with CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions and/or equivalent)
• Experience designing and operating enterprise-scale developer platforms or shared services
• Proficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading enterprise CI/CD modernization or migration initiatives
• Experience building reusable frameworks, APIs, or platform capabilities at scale
• Familiarity with GitHub Enterprise Cloud ecosystem and developer tooling integrations (e.g., Artifactory, Sonar, security scanning tools)
• Experience in regulated environments requiring solid compliance and governance controls
• Exposure to platform telemetry, observability, and developer productivity metrics
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, influence stakeholders, and drive alignment across organizations
• Solid written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level reporting

*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 to $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.