Senior Software Engineer - Java Spring Boot, REST or gRPC API design, CI/CD Pipelines

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:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Java and Python
• Model, optimize, and maintain relational databases (schema design, indexing, query tuning, migrations)
• UI Development skills using Angular
• Develop and maintain microservices with efficient communication patterns (REST APIs, messaging, etc.)
• Write clean, reusable, and well documented code
• Ensure production readiness: CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring/alerting, and incident response/root-cause analysis
• Optimize the application code and maintain good design practices
• Independently own and deliver in timely manner with high quality
• Analyze and resolving security vulnerabilities within the application before pushing the code into Git repositories
• Create innovative solutions to meet the needs of the business and to improve the overall health and reliability of the applications
• 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 regard 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:

• B.Tech/MCA/Msc/MTech (Minimum 16 years of formal education)
• 4+ years in a software engineer role before and know how to contribute to a culture of appreciation and continuous peer feedback.
• Microsoft SQL expertise, including DDL, DML, aggregate functions, stored procedures, and user defined functions
• Experience using Copilot or AI coding assistants
• Solid hands-on experience in Java and Java Spring Boot.
• Solid knowledge of:
  • REST/ gRPC API design
  • Logging, monitoring, performance tuning
  • CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions / Jenkins)
  • Proven ability to work as an Independent Contributor
  • AI & Emerging Skills
• Extensive experience in Agile and Scrum. You know how to work within teams against a single backlog, and how to enable true CI/CD
• Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Continuous learning mindset, especially in AI & modern engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

• Development of AI components using Python. Familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol)
• MongoDB (NoSQL data modeling)

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.