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:

• Code delivery and implementation
• Building and maintaining data pipelines
• Designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure and systems that enable the collection, storage, processing, and analysis of large volumes of data in data bricks..
• Data engineers implement methods to improve data reliability and quality
• Participate in scrum meetings
• Work closely with the product owner and business SMEs on design of product
• 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:

• Graduate degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience in data engineering, data system development
• Data Governance experience
• Experience in cloud infrastructure management
• Experience in Azure Data Services such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Bricks, Azure SQL Database, Data Lake Storage, and Azure Stream Analytics
• Functional skillset and experience include excellent communication skills, proven experience working in an Agile environment
• Understanding of data types or handling of different data models
• Exposure to various ETL technologies and approaches

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.