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 advantages, 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.

We are seeking a Software Engineer to join an AI-enabled delivery pod within DMS in OGA India and help deliver software through the AI Product Delivery Lifecycle (AIDLC), Optum Technology's standard way of working in which AI drives the flow while engineers own the outcomes. You will apply strong software engineering fundamentals across the five AIDLC phases (Portfolio Discovery, Inception, Construction, Readiness, and Operations), using enterprise-approved agent harnesses, reusable Skills,



and prompts from the Optum AI Catalog to produce secure, maintainable, production-ready software. As a Builder in a small, cross-functional pod of three to five people, you are accountable not only for creating software but also for validating AI-generated output, engineering quality into every increment, and converting well-defined product intent into measurable customer and business outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities

Contribute as a Builder in a small, cross-functional, AI-enabled delivery pod that owns outcomes end to end, working closely with the Product, Quality, and Operations pod roles
Design, build, test, deploy, operate, and continuously improve software services, APIs, applications, data integrations, and automation across the Construction, Readiness, and Operations phases
Use AIDLC and GitHub Spec-Kit spec-driven development (Specify, Plan, Tasks, Implement) to translate approved specificatio

📌 Senior Software Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Optum India
📍 Chennai