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Senior Software Engineer

Raleigh, North Carolina

Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

With these values to guide us, our people are committed to making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we are honored to serve.

Senior Software Engineer

Requisition number: 2349895 Job category: Technology Primary location: Raleigh, NC Date posted: 04/30/2026 Overtime status: Exempt Travel: No

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.

You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and modify highly specialized computer applications to drive user efficiency and overall business success
  • Ensure applications meet demanding standards for privacy and security as required by strict internal policies and industry-specific regulations
  • Create efficient, high performance enhancements to these applications, enhancements that address and achieve specific customer goals
  • Quickly and effectively design, develop, and implement new technology features that build on existing functionality, including but not limited to integrating with new technology
  • Ensure compliance with software development life cycle protocols and ensure project priorities are recorded and satisfied according to those protocols, raising any risk factors to the appropriate project management team
  • Constantly improve functionality, reliability, testability, availability, latency, scalability, and efficiency of applications
  • Adhere to version control, release management, and deployment protocols to distribute new functionality to the user base
  • Satisfy data accessibility standards by ensuring all electronic information and technology is fully usable by people with disabilities
  • Facilitate all quality assurance protocols, including user acceptance testing, by quickly resolving issues and providing all required metrics and data, including issue tracking
  • Design and develop reporting as needed to summarize and analyze application functionality
  • Ensure these proprietary applications satisfy rigorous internally-defined technical requirements for performance, resiliency, availability and scalability
  • Collaborate with solutions users to build, extend, and enhance applications that accelerate efficiency and innovation across the organization
  • Provide post deployment support and to quickly respond to and resolve unexpected service problems in production
  • Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI 

You'll be rewarded and recognized 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 provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree 
  • 6+ years of overall Software development experience
  • 3+ years of experience with .NET, Angular and Typescript
  • 1+ years of any public cloud platform experience

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 to $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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Benefits

Our mission of helping people live healthier lives extends to our team members. Learn more about our range of benefits designed to help you live well.

Life

Resources and support to focus on what matters most to you, in every facet of your life.

Emotional

Education, tools and resources to help you reduce and manage stress, build resilience and more.

Physical

Health plans and other coverage to support wellness for you and your loved ones.

Financial

Benefits for today and to help you plan for the future, including your retirement.

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