Software Engineer – Remote in Canada (PST)

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 Software Engineer to join our team. You will contribute to the development and operation of cloud-based services, ensuring high-quality, scalable code with comprehensive testing and documentation. Your role includes providing technical leadership, mentoring team members, and collaborating with other teams to resolve issues and drive innovation. Additionally, you will participate in an on-call rotation to support production issues. If you are passionate about continuous improvement and innovation, we want to hear from you.

 

If you are located in Canada in the PST time zone, you will have the flexibility to work remotely* as you take on some tough challenges

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Contributes to the plans associated with the software development of features. Executes the design, development, deployment, and operation of cloud-based services. Contributes to prioritization of new features versus technical debt resolution
• Hold high standards in writing quality scalable and supportable code, complete with appropriate unit tests, automated testing, documentation, and operationalization aspects in a CI/CD environment
• Creation of documentation and adhering to standards
• Provides technical leadership to implement new functionality and improvements to existing implementations
• Provides training and mentoring to other team members in areas of expertise
• Interface with user representatives or other engineering groups to define requirements and/or necessary modifications when required
• Proactively collaborates with other teams to resolve roadblocks and ensure a smooth delivery
• Lead by example and use your technical expertise and perspective to drive innovation.
• Continuously identify and highlight areas of improvement that will grow team to be more responsive and adaptable to changes
• To be part of on call rotation to support production issues

 

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional software development experience in building complex, highly scalable, performant, secure, reliable software systems and tools, ideally within cloud-native environment
• 2+ years of hand-on experiences and solid knowledge in .NET or React, NoSQL such as Couchbase, NGINX, as well as microservices architecture and developing containerized application
• Proven knowledge in Public Cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Proficiency with TDD and CI/CD processes
• Proven sharp analytical abilities and proven design skills
• Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment
• Proven leadership abilities in an engineering environment in driving operational excellence and best practices

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven solid knowledge of data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and asynchronous architectures
• Demonstrated understanding of data modeling and database theory (ACID, CAP etc.)
• Experience in healthcare industry working with DICOM, HL7, FHIR
• Proven knowledge and experience working in Public Cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure)
• Proven knowledge and experience working with Docker, Kubernetes
• Experience designing, creating, and securing APIs; Web Services (REST/JSON), OAuth, JWT, WS-Security, SAML

 

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

 

Canada Residents Only: The salary/hourly range for Canada residents is $63,300 to $131,500 annually/per hour Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc.

 

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.

 

 

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity orexpression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.