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 perks, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Identity is the security perimeter of the modern enterprise. Every login, token, and policy decision flows through our Identity Platform, and a growing portfolio of productized identity experiences is built on top of it. When it works, no one notices. When it does not, everything stops.

This is a senior engineering leadership role on the Identity Platform team. You will own the shared substrate that our productized identity experiences are built on.



You will own Authentication today and extend the platform into Authorization and non-human identity as the landscape evolves.

Primary Responsibilities:
- This is mission-critical infrastructure that is multi-region, highly available low-latency
- Set and execute the multi-year technical strategy for the platform, including the path from AuthN today to a unified AuthN and AuthZ platform that serves both human and non-human identities
- Own architecture, reliability, security, and operations for platform services at enterprise scale
- Build the platform to perform at scale and support growth, with a solid focus on self-service adoption and easy integration for product teams that build on top
- Partner with Principal Engineering, Product Engineering, TPM, Security, and Ops to align roadmaps and drive execution
- Act as the senior engineering voice for the platform in India. Raise the technical bar, grow leaders, and build a team people want to joi

📌 Senior Director Software Engineering (Hyderabad)
🏢 Optum
📍 Hyderabad