Software Engineering Lead – Java, Microservices, React Js/Angular js

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

Join the team as a Full Stack Software Engineer. The team is responsible for Improved consumer experience by implementing an enterprise device gateway to manage device health signal acquisition, centralize consumer consent, facilitate efficient health signal distribution, and empower UHC with connected insights across the health and wellness ecosystem. The team has a solid and integrated relationship with the product team based on solid collaboration, trust, and partnership. Goals for the team are focused on creating meaningful positive impact for our customers through clear and measurable metrics analysis.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Write high-quality, fault tolerant code; normally 70% Backend and 30% Front-end (though the exact ratio will depend on your interest!)
• Build high-scale systems, libraries, frameworks and create test plans
• Monitor production systems and provide on-call support
• 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:

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical role or equivalent experience
• Experience with JS libraries and frameworks, such as Angular, React or other 
• Experience in Scala, Java, or other compiled language

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with web design
• Experience using RESTful APIs and asynchronous JS
• Experience in design and development
• Interest in learning Scala
• Testing experience with Scala or Java
• Database and caching experience, SQL and NoSQL (Postgres, Elasticsearch, or MongoDB a plus)

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.