Lead Full Stack Engineer

Caring. Connecting. Growing Together

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and testing of cloud-native microservices using Java, SpringBoot, ReactJS, MongoDB and GraphQL
• Interpret requirements into application design and provide technical leadership
• Collaborate with business and QA teams in an agile development environment
• Ensure the quality, architecture, and accuracy of released code
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub
• Understand and estimate feature based estimation of functionalities, and ensure on-schedule, and on-scope delivery within quality goals
• Follow proactive vulnerability and secure based development practices
• Act as an individual contributor (very hands-on) and guide and mentor team members
• 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
• Proficiency with AI-powered development tools such as GitHub Copilot or AWS Code Whisperer or Google’s Codey (Duet AI) or any relevant tools is expected. Candidates should be adept at integrating these tools into their workflows to accelerate development, improve code quality, and enhance delivery velocity. Expected to proactively leverage AI tools throughout the software development lifecycle to drive faster iteration, reduce manual effort, and boost overall engineering productivity

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 9+ years of hands-on experience in Java and the Spring Framework
• 5+ years of experience building microservices
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud and container tools and technologies
• 3+ years of hands-on experience React.JS
• Practical experience with public cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or Google Cloud Platform
• Practical experience with NoSQL databases, preferably CosmosDB, DynamoDB, MongoDB, or Cassandra
• Practical experience with Angular or MongoDB

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.