Associate Software Engineer II

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, troubleshoot and debug software programs for databases, applications, tools, networks etc.
• Provide technical guidance to junior software developers
• Specify, design and implement modest changes to existing software architecture to meet changing needs
• Maintain quality and ensure responsiveness of applications
• Collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to design and launch new features
• Maintain code integrity and organization
• Understanding and implementation of security and data protection
• 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
• Hands on experience in working with standard DevOps tools:
  • Build automation tools such as Jenkins
  • Build Tools such as Maven
  • Source control tools such as Git, GitHub, SVN or equivalent
• Hands-on knowledge in JUnit or equivalent framework
• Hands-on in using design patterns
• Full Stack Java experience with React JS or Angular,  REST and Spring Boot expertise
• Microservices development experience
• Experience in Web services – RESTful or SOAP
• Experience in Continuous Integration and Delivery, DevOps implementation
• Experience with centralized logging, monitoring, and observability solutions
• Good knowledge and experience in application support 
• Proven solid analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Proven ability to perform functional, regression and system integration tests
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a global team with a positive team spirit
  

Preferred Qualification:

• Knowledge of Python Scripting/Programming

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.

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