Software Engineering Lead – Python, NodeJS or React

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:

• Actively contribute to both front-end and back-end development tasks ensuring code quality and performance to enhance cost management product
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Conduct regular code reviews to maintain code quality, consistence, and adherence to coding standards
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of code, architecture and development processes for knowledge sharing
• Implement and maintain security best practices to protect applications and data
• Investigate and resolve complex technical issues, bugs, and performance bottlenecks
• Take ownership of assigned applications and continuously optimize for speed, efficiency, and scalability
• 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:

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience in software engineering including development with various technology platforms, tools and environments
• 3+ years of experience working with programming, scripting languages such as Python, NodeJS, or React
• 2+ years of experience with CI / CD tools (Jenkins/Git Actions)
• 2+ years of experience with container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience with APIs / micro-services
• 2+ years of experience with cloud platforms
• 2+ years of SQL
• Exposure to Apache Airflow and DBT

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.