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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Software engineering is the application of engineering to the design, development, implementation, testing and maintenance of software in a systematic method. The roles in this function will cover all primary development activity across all technology functions that ensure we deliver code with high quality for our applications, products and services and to understand customer needs and to develop product roadmaps.
Primary Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Computer Science (related field) or equivalent work experience 5+ years of experience as software professionals with solid computer science fundamentals including but not limited to data structure, algorithms, networking, parallel and distributed computing 5+ years of software development experience 3+ years of development experience and expertise with AWS / AZURE / GCP using cloud native technologies (Not only infra) and Kubernetes (or any container orchestrator) 3+ years of experience in Cloud Implementations such as AWS / GCP Experience in developing/coding software components in Java or Scala, Spring framework, Spring Boot framework Experience on Databases, SQL programming, No SQL DBs - DynamoDB, ElasticSearch Experience on Python, Maven, RESTAPI's, Microservices Experience with Test Driven Development and Agile methodologies Expertise in Java or Scala programming language Proficient in learning & adopting new technologies and use them to execute the use cases for business problem solving Thorough understanding of fundamental software engineering and computer science principles: object-oriented development, Microservices, data access layer management, usability, debugging, and configuration management Demonstrated ability to apply the knowledge of principles and techniques to solve technical problems and write code based on technical design Demonstrated technical capability (in writing) clearly to the use case scenarios presented during evaluation
Preferred Qualifications:
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.
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