Senior Software Engineer

Our Company

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, and data 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.

Position Summary

As a Senior Software Engineer (Tech Lead), you will play a critical role in leading end-to-end software engineering activities while providing strong technical direction and hands-on contribution. In this role, you will apply engineering principles to the design, development, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance of high-quality software solutions. You will play a vital role in technical decision-making, mentoring engineers, ensuring quality across deliverables, and driving innovation, efficiency, and future-ready technology solutions within our organization.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end software engineering activities, including requirements analysis, system design, development, testing, deployment, and application support

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the software engineering team to support team growth and development

• Design and build scalable, secure, and maintainable software solutions, driving adoption of microservices architecture and engineering best practices

• Maintain hands-on involvement in coding, debugging, testing, and performance tuning, while performing thorough code reviews to ensure adherence to design standards and quality benchmarks

• Lead and support test automation, DevOps, and CI/CD initiatives, guiding development teams in functional, regression, and system integration testing

• Collaborate effectively with global, cross-functional teams to identify and proactively remove technical blockers and risks

• Build reusable components, shared frameworks, and utilities to improve overall development efficiency and capabilities

• Evaluate new tools, technologies, and techniques to enhance engineering capability and influence architectural decisions

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions 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 a related field; OR 4+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with Java and J2EE

• 3+ years of experience working with Spring Framework and Hibernate

• 2+ years of experience with microservices architecture, web services, and messaging tools (e.g., JMS, Kafka)

• 2+ years of experience with UI development using Angular or React

• 2+ years of experience in database development utilizing PL/SQL and Oracle Databases

• 1+ years of experience developing cloud-based applications and utilizing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with automation testing tools such as Selenium

• Experience with Linux-based operating systems and associated development tools

• Demonstrated experience in application support and resolving complex production environment issues

• Proven experience applying design patterns to build reusable and high-performing frameworks

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities with an ownership and accountability mindset

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to lead technical discussions and influence decisions in a global team environment

*All Telecommuters 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 $91,700 to $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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