UI Lead Software Engineer - Remote

Aikyam is the most advanced "Identity as a Service" Platform within United Health Group, providing a central and universal user identity for identifying and authenticating users in the healthcare domain. Built on open standards like OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SAML 2.0 Web SSO, it is a highly available, reliable, and scalable service hosted in the public cloud. We serve large customers in the healthcare industry and government services across the United States.

About the role

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 to ensure secure, performant, and accessible UI solutions aligned with enterprise identity standards. If you reside in Minnesota or the District of Columbia, you will enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid-remote role.

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a 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 a UI technical lead.
• Experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, Identity federation, Single Sign-On, RBAC, ABAC, MFA, RBA.

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, and 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, and 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, presentation, leadership, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

Benefits

In addition to your salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase, and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

Pay

The salary for this role ranges from $112,700 to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment, depending on factors such as local labor markets, education, work experience, and certifications.