Senior Software Engineer I

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization 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:

• Writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code
• Designing software solutions based on requirements and specifications
• Developing new features and functionalities for applications
• Writing and executing unit tests to ensure code quality
• Debugging and resolving software defects and issues
• Performing code reviews to maintain code quality standards
• Working with cross-functional teams, including designers, product managers, and other developers
• Participating in team meetings and contributing to project planning and progress discussions
• Communicating effectively with stakeholders to understand requirements and provide updates
• Maintaining and improving existing software applications
• Providing technical support and troubleshooting issues reported by users
• Updating documentation to reflect changes and new features
• 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 regard 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
• 6+ years of experience as a software engineer and a minimum of 4+ years experience with big data software development
• Experience with AWS cloud (Big Data, Scala, Python, Hadoop, Hive, Apache Spark, EMR, Amazon S3, Redshift, RDS, DynamoDB, EMR, EMR Serverless, Athena, Glue and Terraform)
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Experience with professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and operations
• Fluent with functional programming with Spark and Scala
• Knowledge of writing infrastructure as code (IaC) using CloudFormation or Terraform
• In-depth knowledge of relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redshift, MS SQL)
• Solid Functional Programing and modeling skills
• Proven excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Eagerness and willingness to learn new technologies
• Ability to troubleshoot distributed systems

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.