Senior Software Engineer I

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.

We are looking for a Senior Java Software Engineer with solid Java backend development experience and exposure to AI tools for development ,Microsoft Azure, and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes). The candidate will be responsible for building scalable, cloud-native applications and contributing to modern AI-powered solutions.

The ideal candidate should have a solid track record of delivering scalable, high-performance solutions in an agile environment.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership and Development
  • Design and develop end-to-end solutions using Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, and RESTful microservices architecture
  • Having working experience on kafka and create scalable applications
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code with comprehensive unit and integration testing
• DevOps and CI/CD
  • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins for automated testing, building, deployment, and monitoring
  • Should have experience of working on Azure and Github Actions
• 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:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field from a recognized university
• 7+ years of overall IT experience in software development
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Java/J2EE technologies including:
• Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA)
• Kafka and consuming REST APIs.
• 1+ years of experience with cloud platforms (Azure) including:
• Cloud-native application development
• 2+ years of experience building and consuming Web Services, REST APIs, and microservices
• 3+ years of experience with build tools (Maven, Gradle, npm, webpack)
• Technical Skills
  • Backend: Java 11+, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Hibernate, JPA, RESTful APIs
  • Cloud: Azure (App Services, Functions, Storage, SQL Database)
  • CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
  • Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes, container orchestration
  • Build Tools: Maven
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB
  • Version Control: Git, GitHub
  • Testing: JUnit, Mockito, Jest, React Testing Library, Selenium

Technical Skills

• Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Splunk, ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB)
• Business Acumen
• Understanding of cost-efficient and scalable solution design
• Design thinking approach to solve business problems
• Ability to balance technical excellence with business priorities
• Focus on delivering value to customers and stakeholders

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.