Principal Software Engineer – Java Fullstack

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.

These roles include, but are not limited to analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, new development, operations and delivery. With every role in the company, each position has a requirement for building quality into every output. This also includes evaluating new tools, new techniques, strategies; Automation of common tasks; build of common utilities to drive organizational efficiency with a passion around technology and solutions and influence of thought and leadership on future capabilities and opportunities to apply technology in new and innovative ways.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Reviews the work of others
• Develops innovative approaches
• Sought out as expert and serves as a leader/ mentor
• Function as a hands-on engineering lead, managing a team of up to 6 to 10 employees and offshore resources
• Demonstrate an advanced level of understanding and application of general systems concepts, integrating them with business problem resolution
• Ensure solutions align with business and IT goals/objectives
• Identify enhancements to improve supportability, operability, or performance of applications within the application group and develop a business case to support these enhancements
• Collaborate with business partners/product owners to understand desired system functionality
• Understand new product capabilities and break down their implementation into specific functional changes for verification
• Participate in design activities, monitor task and project completion
• Exercise independent judgment and discretion to prioritize, plan, and manage team activities
• Review code, provide feedback based on best practices, and improve performance
• Provide guidance to team members to enhance productivity
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Set achievable goals for team members and guide them to success
• Deliver all project deliverables on scope, on time, and within budget
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• 8+ years of experience within a Java environment
• 2+ years of production experience with cloud technologies
• Experience on troubleshoot production support issues post-deployment and provide required solutions
• Experience delivering software using Agile methodology
• In-depth knowledge of systems development life cycle and/or operational maintenance environment
• Solid organization and effective communication skills

Preferred Qualification:  

• Experience in healthcare domain
• Experience with high volume transaction sites
• Experience working with applications deployed in private or public cloud
• Experience in customer facing products
• Experience in Mobile Development
    

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.