Software Engineering Lead - Java Full Stack

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.

Position Summary

As a FullStack Java  Engineer on our Consumer Engineering team, you will play a key role in developing, enhancing, and maintaining our robust consumer-facing software applications. You will work within a collaborative, fast-paced environment to build scalability, optimize backend performance, and create seamless integrations between frontend interfaces and backend services. This role is ideal for an engineer who is passionate about leveraging modern tools and technologies-including AI-assisted development practices and public cloud infrastructure (AWS or Azure)-to streamline daily workflows and deliver high-quality health platform solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable full-stack applications with a primary focus on robust Java backend services
• Write clean, well-designed, testable, and efficient code using Java and modern JavaScript frameworks
• Use enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement
• Evaluate emerging trends to inform solution design and strategic innovation
• Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
• Design and integrate secure, performant RESTful APIs and microservices
• Design, optimize, and maintain relational or non-relational database schemas
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, performance, and adherence to security and development standards
• Maintain and enhance continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve application issues and performance bottlenecks in production and non-production environments
• 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
• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 3+ years of experience with backend development using Java (Java 17 or higher) and frameworks like Spring Boot or Spring
• 2+ years of experience with public cloud technologies, specifically AWS or Azure
• 2+ years of experience working with database technologies (relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle, and/or NoSQL databases)
• 2+ years of experience with unit testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Mockito) and code quality tools like Sonar (SonarQube/SonarLint)
• 2+ years of experience designing, developing, and integrating REST APIs and utilizing JSON data formats

Preferred Qualification:

• Experience with frontend web development (e.g., React, Angular, Vue, or vanilla JavaScript/HTML/CSS)
• Experience with reactive programming in Java, specifically using Project Reactor (e.g., Spring WebFlux)
• Experience with DevOps engineering practices, including CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), monitoring/observability tools (e.g., Dynatrace, DataDog), and version control via GitHub
• Experience with application servers and runtimes, such as Tomcat, Nodejs, and Express
• Experience using modern AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, automated code generation tools) to optimize coding productivity and workflow efficiency
• Experience with containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience working within an Agile/Scrum development methodology
• Proven solid analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent communication capabilities

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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