Senior Software 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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Optum and UnitedHealth Care business units, Automation Development, IT Infrastructure and other teams in understanding the functional and technical design for processes identified for automation potential
• Partners with business units IT teams to imbed RPA considerations into technology processes including SDLC
• Participates in design authority to review automation candidate designs ensuring they meet RPA policies and design principles
• Provides architectural input over solution designs to ensure consistency and continuity across the company’s IT infrastructure and delivery teams
• Reviews RPA code and provides feedback to RPA development teams
• Documents and maintains a repository of official architecture design policies and decisions across RPA program
• Supports the creation of RPA design principles and standards
• Guides and mentors RPA team members as required, assisting in the team’s skills development during automation development projects
• Collaborates with RPA vendor on technology and software considerations
• Keep up to date with industry standards, and technology changes to help build robust systems to accommodate the industry requirements and business needs
• 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 Degree in Engineering \Computer Science or related technical field
• 5+ years of experience with software development \ programming \ database concepts
• Proven experience in delivering successful IT \ business software projects
• Good understanding of programming concepts and a programming background in one or more modern languages, preferably .Net.
• Good understanding of the key requirements documents involved in a delivery lifecycle (functional, technical, testing documents)
• Solid understanding of typical Enterprise IT infrastructure \ architecture
• Solid database skills with proven experience using SQL Server \ Oracle \ MySQL etc.
• Exposure to Agile delivery methods 
• Proven well-organized with good communication and reporting skills
• Proven self-motivated, team player, action and results oriented

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in delivering an automated process into production using an RPA tool (UIPath, Blue Prism \ Automation Anywhere \ others)
• Previous experience in the Insurance Industry (preferably Health Insurance)

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.