Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer- Dublin, Letterkenny

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

In healthcare, evolution doesn't just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum.

As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we're expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We'll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You'll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.

This role on the Analytics Engineering team is based within Optum Insight as part of Payment Integrity Decision Intelligence (PIDI) organization. The roles of the Analytics Engineering team within PIDI include, but are not limited to analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, new development, operations, AI engineering and delivery.

We are now looking for a Senior Software Engineer to enhance our Software Engineering capacity to develop the analytics, analytic applications and analytic platforms in support of our business insights.

As a key member of the Analytics Engineering Team, you will be part of UnitedHealth Group's mission of helping people live healthier lives. You will work with other Software Engineers and Data Scientists along with subject matter experts to deliver code with high quality for our applications, products and services.

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

Primary Responsibilities of the Senior Software Engineer:

• Design, code, test, document and high quality maintain server-side and client-side scalable applications using React/NextJS, TypeScript, and Python frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI ensuring code quality, efficiency, and adherence to best practices
• Ensure seamless integration of front-end and back-end components to deliver fully functional systems
• Collaborate with UI/UX designers to create user-friendly interfaces and ensure a seamless user experience
• Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices architecture to facilitate communication between different components of the system
• Develop data access layers and connect to relational and or NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, MongoDB) for data storage retrieval, and manipulation
• Maintain and support CICD processes using Github Actions to test and build software artifacts
• Research, evaluate, and deploy new tools, frameworks and patterns to build a sustainable Analytic platform
• Identify gaps and opportunities for improvement of existing solutions
• Be innovative in solution design and development to meet the needs of the business
• Assist in defining product technical architecture
• Make accurate development effort estimates to assist management in project and resource planning
• Create prototypes, proof-of-concepts & design and code reviews
• Collaborate with management, quality assurance, architecture, and other development teams
• Write technical documentation and participate in production support

You will be rewarded and recognised 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 providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications of the Senior Software Engineer:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• Proven Software Development experience
• Proficiency in React/NextJS and Python Spark/PySpark and Databricks
• Experience in developing applications on at least one major cloud platform (Azure preferred)

Preferred Qualifications of the Senior Software Engineer:

• NoSQL databases, Docker and Kubernetes
• Healthcare experience

Soft Skills of the Senior Software Engineer:

• Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.