Senior Software Engineering Lead

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 benefits, 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 an experienced Oracle Cloud HCM professional to support and enhance our nightly batch operations, payroll cycles, and HR integrations. This role will focus on developing and maintaining integrations using Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), APIs, and middleware tools.

With the latest Oracle HCM advancements, this position also offers solid growth potential into AI Builder and autonomous agent capabilities, enabling the candidate to help drive intelligent automation across HR and payroll functions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop, support, and optimize nightly batch processes for Payroll, HR, Benefits, and related downstream integrations
• Design, build, monitor, and troubleshoot Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) workflows, orchestration pipelines, and middleware connections
• Support payroll operations with high accuracy and reliability, ensuring timely file transfers, process completion, and error resolution
• Collaborate with HR, Payroll, IT, and third‑party vendors to ensure seamless end‑to‑end integration flows
• Utilize APIs (REST or SOAP), HCM Extracts, and file-based data loads for integration development and issue resolution
• Participate in Oracle Cloud quarterly update reviews and impact assessments
• Explore and adopt new Oracle AI and agent-based automation features to streamline business processes
• Provide functional and technical troubleshooting across Global HR, Payroll, Benefits, and OTL modules
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
  
  

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience implementing and supporting Oracle Cloud HCM.
• Hands-on experience with:
• Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC)
• REST or SOAP APIs
• HCM Extracts, FBL, HDL
• Middleware and integration frameworks
• Solid functional knowledge across:
• Global HR
• Payroll
• Benefits
• OTL (Time and Labor)
• Proven ability to support time-sensitive payroll and batch processes
• Proven solid analytical, debugging, and cross-functional coordination skills
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Oracle HCM AI, generative AI features, or emerging autonomous agent capabilities
• Exposure to DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automated monitoring tools
• Ability to work in fast-paced environments with critical production timelines
  
  

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.