Senior Full Stack Engineer

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. 

Optum Advisory Services operates on the intersection of strategy, business operations, data, and technology to help our clients realize exceptional business value. We harness data and technology and use them to reimagine business transformations to design and architect solutions that help realize value for our clients. We are uniquely positioned to accelerate the value proposition for our clients across the healthcare ecosystem with our unwavering focus on making the health system work better for everyone.

About the role:

Join our dynamic Analytics Infrastructure and Engineering Team at Optum and make a significant impact supporting our analytic organizations. As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you’ll lead in the development of platforms and tools that enable AI and ML engineers to build complex models. Your role will extend beyond traditional Software development to include operational maturity, compliance management, and vulnerability oversight. You will implement cutting-edge automation and technologies, enhance user experiences, and empower teams through innovative solutions. This role demands a strong focus on security, API integration, and the ability to excel both in collaborative team settings and as an individual contributor.

Primary Responsibilities:

•    Design and Develop: Architect, design, and develop software applications and components with a focus on security and efficient API integration.
•    Security and Compliance: Ensure all solutions adhere to the highest security standards, including secure coding practices, encryption, data protection, and compliance with relevant health care industry regulations.
•    API Development and Integration: Create and integrate RESTful and GraphQL APIs to facilitate seamless communication between frontend, backend, and third-party services.
•    Quality Assurance: Conduct peer design/code reviews, develop automated test cases, and ensure adherence to industry best practices for scalability, maintainability, usability, availability, extensibility, security, and portability.
•    Collaboration: Work closely with product management, AI/ML engineers, and other stakeholders to develop and refine solutions that meet business needs.
•    Innovation: Leverage the latest technologies to solve complex problems in the healthcare industry, with a particular focus on enhancing security and API capabilities.
•    Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous integration/validation and advocate for the adoption of DevOps best practices, including automation tools and methodologies to streamline development processes.

Required Qualifications:

•    Significant expertise in the Software Development Life Cycle, with a strong background in Full Stack Development.
•    Technical Expertise:
           o    Proficiency in SQL, Angular, React, Java, jQuery, TypeScript, and Node.js.
           o    Demonstrated experience in developing and integrating secure RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
           o    Strong understanding of secure coding practices and experience in implementing security features such as authentication, authorization, encryption, and data protection.
•    Source Control: Experience with Git or similar version control tools, with an emphasis on collaborative development and code management.
•    Best Practices: A solid grasp of Object-Oriented Programming concepts, clean code principles, and a commitment to security best practices.
•    Problem-Solving: Ability to tackle complex challenges in the healthcare domain, with a focus on innovative and secure solutions.
•    Communication: Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

•    Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
•    Familiarity with compliance frameworks and standards relevant to the healthcare industry, such as HIPAA.
•    A portfolio of projects demonstrating expertise in developing secure applications and API integrations.

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

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 marginalised 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: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2023 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.