Software Engineering Lead – .Net Fullstack

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Designs, codes, tests and debugs applications and components that meet all technical specifications and business requirements per assigned work items
• Work closely with lead engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development
• Collaborates closely with Business Analysts on developing requirements and assists with estimating
• Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on budget and on-time
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet timelines with optimal solutions
• Lead application build team for selected projects
• Ability to take on a complex technical problem that is not well-defined, decompose into manageable tasks, provide proper estimates, and lead/coordinate other team members to collective deliver the end solution
• Operational Excellence – build, deploy, monitor, and operation of production services
• Work with team to achieve timely resolution of all production issues meeting or exceeding Service Level Agreements
• Uses technical knowledge and experience to resolve development and support issues
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected to accomplish goals
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work concurrently on multiple tasks
• May lead and direct the work of others, including code reviews and mentoring other staff on industry best practices
• Mentors junior software engineers
• 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

NOTE: Shift timing on these roles- 2.30pm IST till midnight

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of development and testing experience in C# / .Net
• 5+ years of development experience on Microsoft SQL Server (preferred) or Oracle Database
• 5+ years Database Design/Programming (Stored Procedures/Functions)
• 5+ years of SDLC or DevOps/Agile experience
• 5+ years with Angular 
• 5+ years working experience with API REST web services 
• 2+ years serving in a lead role or demonstrated experience leading junior engineers/small projects
• Experience with version management tools and implementing CI/CD pipelines (Git, AzureDevOps, SVN, etc.)
• Experience with Design Patterns 
• Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven excellent organizational skills and focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proven excellent analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Proven self-motivated with the ability to work both independently and in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Reporting Tools Experience
• Azure Cloud development experience
• Healthcare Industry Experience
• Cognizant Facets Application experience

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.

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