Data 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:

• Build scalable, fault-tolerant batch and real-time data ingestion pipelines, data transformation and data mining jobs
• Create and maintain data-driven APIs to support a wide range of data integrations and data services
• Work with various data stores and databases including all aspects configuration and administration required to maintain it
• Recommend and implement best practices for Python application development
• Help set technical direction and provide guidance to more junior data engineers
• Own or assist with incident and problem management
• Collaborate with the rest of the agile team at daily stand ups and other agile ceremonies
• 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:

• 2+ years of experience with software framework development using python and its inbuilt frameworks
• 2+ years of experience with Docker, Kubernetes
• 2+ years of experience developing data pipelines, ETL jobs using Python
• 1+ year of experience working knowledge of ELK stack and data streaming using Kafka
• Working experience in CI/CD pipeline (test, build, deployment and monitoring automation)
• Sound knowledge of data model, schemas and algorithms
• Good understanding of Data / Information security
• Good in Data Structure, Algorithms and Design Patterns
• Demonstrates excellent problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of software configuration management and packaging
• Demonstrates hands-on knowledge of Open Source adoption and use cases
• Product / Project / Program Related Tech Stack:
  • Python, UNIX
  • DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub
  • Scheduling: Airflow, Grafana
  • Development Methodology / Engineering Practices: Agile (Scrum / Kanban / SAFe)

Preferred Qualifications:

• College degree in computer science, business, or a related field
• Experience with data streaming
• Experience with relational and Cloud databases
• Aptitude for learning and be a great team player – solid track record

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.