Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer- Dublin & Letterkenny, Ireland

Optum is a global organisation 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.

In healthcare, evolution doesn’t just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum. As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we’re expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We’ll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You’ll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.

Schedule: This is a full-time position, Monday – Friday, with standard working hours.

 Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

Primary Responsibilities of the Senior Software Engineer:

• Full Software Development Lifecycle: Perform all phases including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, and documentation.

• Design & Architecture: Contribute to secure, scalable, and maintainable software architecture; collaborate closely with architecture teams and articulate design decisions.

• Reusable Components & Innovation: Develop reusable components, frameworks, and patterns to improve team velocity and encourage innovation.

• Code Quality & Reviews: Conduct design/code reviews, ensure adherence to best practices, unit testing, security, scalability, and maintainability guidelines.

• Agile Collaboration: Actively participate in Agile/Scrum processes, working with cross-functional teams and product owners to deliver high-quality releases.

• Performance & Operational Enhancements: Design and implement improvements for performance and operational efficiency.

• Production Support & Troubleshooting: Address post-deployment issues and design effective solutions when needed.

 You will be rewarded and recognised 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 providing development for other roles you may be interested in.
 

Required Qualifications of the Senior Software Engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) Or equivalent experience

• Experience building backend services with Java using Spring Framework (Boot, Core, MVC) with Spring Boot strongly preferred 

• Experience working with Docker or Kubernetes

• Experience with messaging and stream processing on Kafka or similar messaging technologies

• Experience with Relational Databases

• Experience with AWS cloud services

• Experience building and integrating with internal and external RESTful services 

• Experience with DevOps toolsets such as Jenkins, Terraform, GitHub Actions etc.

Preferred Qualifications of the Senior Software Engineer:

Experience developing analytics applications in Spark or similar

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

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 marginalised 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: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2025 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

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