Role : Portal Application Development Lead
Location : Remote
Rate : $70/hr
Optum is seeking a Portal Application Development Lead to lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise-scale portal applications as part of the CCS 2.0 modernization program. This role provides technical delivery leadership, drives engineering excellence, and owns key non-functional requirements (NFRs) for portal workstreams in a regulated healthcare environment.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead end-to-end development of modern, secure, and scalable portal applications, including UI, backend services, and API integrations.
• Serve as the primary technical decision authority for portal implementations within assigned CCS 2.0 workstreams.
• Own and enforce non-functional requirements (performance, availability, scalability, security, auditability, and operational readiness) for portal capabilities.
• Lead and mentor distributed onshore and offshore engineering teams and ensure consistent delivery quality across squads.
• Partner with Portal Architects, Cloud Architects, Product Owners, and Program Leadership to translate business requirements into high-quality technical solutions.
• Own development standards for CI/CD and DevSecOps (secure coding, automated testing, code reviews, release readiness) aligned to Optum engineering practices.
• Support audit-grade reprocessing and replay workflows in partnership with data and platform teams, ensuring replay does not impact real-time SLA paths.
• Coordinate with platform and shared services teams on portal infrastructure readiness, including Kubernetes-based runtime, ingress/egress, API gateway/API management, and monitoring integration.
• Collaborate with operations teams to support release planning, incident response, and post-production stabilization and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
• 10+ years of application development experience with deep expertise in portal and web application development.
• Proven experience leading large, distributed software engineering teams and delivering through ambiguity.
• Strong hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or equivalent).
• Strong backend service and API integration experience using .NET, Java, and/or cloud-native microservices.
• Experience delivering highly available, secure applications in regulated industries.
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Azure-hosted application platforms and cloud-native delivery patterns (e.g., AKS, API management/gateway, application ingress controls).
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and enterprise UX patterns.
• Experience in healthcare or other compliance-driven environments