Aikyam is the most advanced "Identity as a Service" Platform within United Health Group that is aimed to provide a central and universal user identity for identifying and authenticating a user in the healthcare domain. It is built upon open standards like OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0 Web SSO etc. It is a highly available, reliable and scalable service hosted in public cloud. We enjoy the trust of large customers in healthcare industry and government services with operations across United States of America.
The UI Software Engineering Lead is responsible for technical leadership, design quality, and delivery execution of Aikyam's user interfaces across customer facing and admin experiences. This role combines hands on engineering, architecture influence, and people/team leadership, ensuring secure, performant, and accessible UI solutions that align with enterprise identity standards.
If you reside in the states of Minnesota and District of Columbia, you will enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid-remote role as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:- Lead UI architecture and design patterns for scalable, reusable, and secure front end solutions
- Own UI standards for performance, accessibility (WCAG), security, and user experience consistency
- Drive modern front end practices (micro frontends, modular UI, design systems, state management)
- Partner with stakeholders , identity platform architects, and security architects to deliver end to end identity experiences
- Ensure high quality deliverables by enforcing quality gates, and engineering standards
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to UI engineers (onshore/offshore)
- Act as the UI point of contact for cross team and cross program initiatives
- Collaborate with Product, UX, Security, Platform, and DevOps teams
- Ensure UI solutions meet HIPAA, PHI, and enterprise security requirements
- Lead with AI augmented engineering practices
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent)
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- 5+ years in UI / front end development in an enterprise - scale, customer facing application
- 5+ years of experience with the following:
- JavaScript / TypeScript
- React (or equivalent modern framework)
- HTML5, CSS3, responsive design
- 3+ years of experience with Scripting languages (Python and PowerShell)
- 3+ years of development experience and expertise with AWS / AZURE / GCP using cloud native technologies
- Demonstrated experience leading UI teams or acting as UI technical lead
- Experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, Identity federation, Single Sign-On, RBAC, ABAC, MFA, RBA
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience with identity, authentication, or security sensitive applications
- Experience with AWS hosted UI deployments and CI/CD pipelines
- Healthcare or regulated industry experience (HIPAA, PHI)
- Hands on experience using AI coding assistants in enterprise environments
- Hands-on working experience with SailPoint, ForgeRock, Ping, Okta, OneLogin, Azure AD or similar IAM products
- Demonstrable experience in Site Reliability Engineering and DDoS mitigation techniques
- Good experience in Threat, Vulnerability & Risk management, Infrastructure security
- Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.x)
- Solid working knowledge of Web Application Firewalls, HTTP(s), TCP/UDP, SSL/TLS, Forward and reverse proxies, Load balancers
- Familiarity with OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML concepts (UI integration perspective)
- Familiarity with enterprise AI governance models and secure AI adoption in regulated industries
- Proven exposure to micro frontend architectures and design systems
- Proven exposure to AI driven UX patterns (recommendations, adaptive flows, smart defaults, insights driven dashboards)
- Proven solid communication skills and presentation skills, leadership skills, problem solving and analytical skills
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
