iOS and Android – Mobile Application 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.

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Mobile Application Engineer to join our Mobile Center of Excellence (MCoE) team. This engineer will be an enabler for our consumer experience initiatives, working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the overall success of our mobile application portfolio. The engineer will work with product and app release managers to ensure efficient and timely app releases. This role will primarily focus on core MCoE initiatives, including SME expertise on iOS and Android platforms, building core common mobile capabilities, building and advocating for our tools and best practices, and app health and monitoring performance. 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide subject matter expertise on iOS and Android platforms, staying updated on the latest platform capabilities and trends 
• Establish and enforce mobile development best practices and tool usage to drive organizational efficiency and quality 
• Drive the implementation and adoption of core common mobile capabilities across our application portfolio 
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of mobile development processes, including CI/CD pipelines for automated building and deployment
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving code quality
• Debug and troubleshoot issues, implementing effective solutions
• Monitor app health and performance, identifying and addressing issues proactively to ensure optimal user experience 
• Increase speed-of-delivery for app store submissions by building automated solutions to improve release time of hotfixes or general releases
• Collaborate with development teams to assess and enhance app capabilities, ensuring they meet the required standards and industry best practices
• Mentor junior developers
• Collaborate with delivery teams to identify and mitigate technical debt 
• 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:

• Engineering degree in applicable in Computer Science, Technology – B.E/B.Tech/M.C. Any PG
• 10+ years of overall experience
• 5+ years of experience navigating complex business problems involving multiple domains and technologies 
• 5+ years of experience in mobile application development on iOS and Android 
• 4+ years of experience in technical roles at a senior engineer level 
• 3+ years proficiently working in Swift/Objective-C, Kotlin/Java 
• 2+ years of react native experience 
• Experience with mobile UI/UX design principles and best practices
• Experience with RESTful APIs, GraphQL and integration with backend services
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., GitHub)
• Experience with testing frameworks and methodologies
• Experience with performance optimization and memory management
• Experience with publishing apps to the App Store or Google Play Store 
• Proven solid problem-solving and debugging skills
• Proven excellent communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Security certifications 
• Experience in managing solutions on both private and public cloud platforms 
• Experience working in healthcare 
• Knowledge of security, privacy, and regulations pertaining to PHI, PII, or similar concerns 
• Track record of driving alignment within large, complex, matrixed organizations 

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.