Associate Software Engineering Manager

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.  

Software engineering is the application of engineering to the design, development, implementation, testing and maintenance of software in a systematic method. The roles in this function will cover all primary development activity across all technology functions that ensure we deliver code with high quality for our applications, products and services and to understand customer needs and to develop product roadmaps.

These roles include, but are not limited to analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, new development, operations and delivery. With every role in the company, each position has a requirement for building quality into every output. This also includes evaluating new tools, new techniques, strategies; Automation of common tasks; build of common utilities to drive organizational efficiency with a passion around technology and solutions and influence of thought and leadership on future capabilities and opportunities to apply technology in new and innovative ways.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Engage in the full software development lifecycle, with a strong focus on coding, testing, and debugging
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code following best practices
• Collaborate closely with team members to design, develop, and deploy new features
• Optimize and enhance the performance of existing software applications
• Communicate effectively and regularly with management and technical support teams
• Participate in Scrum meeting, design reviews, test case reviews, and production support readiness reviews for new releases
• Support P1 Application OM & DevOps activities
• Manage Teams and assist them with solutioning & development; ensure smooth releases
• Manages and is accountable for professional employees and/or supervisors
• Impact of work is most often at the local level
• 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:

• B.Tech./MCA (Minimum 16 years of formal education)
• 6+ years of proven experience as a Software Engineer or in a similar technical role
• Hands-on experience as a Full Stack Engineer (FSE) with a strong understanding of micro-services Architecture
• Proficient in Java, Spring/Spring Boot, Hibernate, Git, RESTful APIs, Splunk, MySQL, Postgres, Azure Cloud, AKS, GitHub Actions
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Docker, Kubernetes/NoMad, and GitHub Actions
• Demonstrated solid grasp of core design principles for building scalable and maintainable applications
• Demonstrated solid analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities
• Demonstrated support QA, UAT and release phases of the project via defect analysis, change maintenance
• Demonstrated effective team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated to be fast learner with a passion for exploring new programming languages and emerging technologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience or knowledge in Angular
• Experience or knowledge in AI/ML - Python, LanGraph, LangChain, FastAPI

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.