Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform - Remote
Optum/UHG · Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States · US
Software Engineering
Remote/Hybrid — check advert
Pharmacist
Demand88
Career growth82
Healthcare fit22
Remote potential78
5-year outlook
Strong long-term demand is likely for senior cloud/platform engineers, especially in healthcare technology, and compensation should remain competitive; exact salary depends on location and total-rewards package and is not stated.
Clinical license
Not required
Applicant reach
broad
Seniority
senior
Employment type
–
Date found
2026-10-30
Intelligence details
Flexible work details
- Eligible countries
- United States
- Profession fit
- Pharmacist
Eligibility, licensing, and location restrictions can change. Always confirm details on the source posting before applying.
Why this is worth applying to
Clinicians with substantial production cloud/software engineering experience may consider this as a healthcare-adjacent technical role; typical clinicians without senior SWE experience should not apply.
Who should apply
Physician, nurse, pharmacist, or allied-health informatics leaders and clinician-engineers with real production experience in Terraform, Azure/AWS, CI/CD, software development, and platform ownership; not clinicians seeking an entry-level non-clinical transition.
CV angle
Emphasize genuine software and cloud engineering work, infrastructure-as-code, multi-cloud architecture, CI/CD ownership, secure healthcare platform delivery, incident response, and technical mentoring. Translate clinical informatics or health-tech projects into concrete platform/engineering outcomes without overstating technical depth.
Skills to highlight
- Terraform
- Azure and AWS multi-cloud architecture
- Java/C#/TypeScript development
- GitLab CI/CD and GitOps
- Infrastructure as Code and policy controls
- AI-assisted and agentic engineering workflows
- Incident response and on-call leadership
- Technical mentoring and design review
Role summary
Senior cloud platform engineer at Optum/UHG to build reusable Terraform-based multi-cloud platform capabilities, internal SDKs, CI/CD pipelines, policy controls, and automation. The role includes technical mentoring, architecture ownership, on-call incident response, and AI-assisted engineering practices; remote within the U.S., with a four-day office requirement for Minneapolis/D.C.-area hires.
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