Senior Software Engineer – Remote Nationwide

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.

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Technologist, Evangelist for technology transformation, hand-on expert, involved in developing the products built on microservice architecture with front end using Java full stack, Java, Spring boot, Kafka, Azure AKS, Postgress, Kubernetes, GraphQL, Azure cloud, Front end tools like Angular 8 and above, React & Typescript 
• Ability to design patterns and performance optimization of services
• Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of many technical areas in technology through experience and academic achievement 
• Hands on Engineer who led by Example with Developers 
• Responsible for building production ready features and capabilities with best engineering standards 
• Shares knowledge internally with peers and leaders and acts as an internal resource for teams and business units within their areas of expertise 
• Work with Sr Principal Engineer/Technical Architect to develop the prototype into production ready feature 
• Guides and mentors’ junior engineers within the organization 
• Responsible for work allocation to the scrum team engineers 
• Ensure that other team members are successful in completing their deliverables in time 
• Responsible for sizing and decomposing a feature into manageable and deliverable user story 

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:  

• High School Diploma/GED (or higher)
• 8+ years of experience in Java/J2EE software development with Java, Spring framework, multi-threading, and caching techniques
• 4+ years of experience in design, implementation and deployment of scalable micro services using containers and container-orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift 
• 4+ years of experience in Agile methodologies and DevOps concepts 
• 4+ years of experience in building design patterns, software engineering best practices and performance optimization of services using memory management and garbage collection
• 4+ years of experience with event sourcing, streaming data and complex event processing 
• 4+ years of experience in building the data load back-end services to load data into RDBMS databases
• 4+ years of experience with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins and code management tools like github
• 4+ years of experience in leading engineers in scrum team

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Relevant Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience in a related field 
• Experience in developing cloud-based services using AKS and Azure Functions
• Hands on Experience with front end tools like Angular 8 and above/React & Typescript 
• Good understanding of GraphQL and data modeling 
• Solid Exposure to distributed technologies (Kafka, Spark, ElasticSearch) 
• Experience in cloud native technologies, preferably Azure

Soft Skills:

• A passion for engineering and a consistent record of developing great software 
• Makes high level design choices for the software structure, frameworks, protocols, and algorithms
• Extraordinary communication and collaboration skills in a team environment
• Pragmatic and know how to build a team environment 
• Ability to work with high level leadership and translate requirements into measurable tasks

Technologies You Would Work With:

• Java  
• GraphQL 
• Apache Kafka 
• Elastic Search 
• Kubernetes 
• Docker 
• Azure Cloud 
• Postgress  
• AKS 

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

 

The salary range for this role is $89,800 to $176,700 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. 

 

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

 

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.

 

 

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

 

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

 

 

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