Software 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:

• Design, build and deploy performant and scalable solutions by applying engineering concepts like algorithms, data structures and development best practices
• Use best practices and experience to design, code, build, and test software solutions
• Determine best technical solutions and document detailed design based on requirements
• Conduct or facilitate root cause analysis on all in-scope incidents and recommend a corrective action plan
• Work with team to achieve timely resolution of all production issues meeting or exceeding Service Level Agreements
• Reviews, analyzes, and modifies programming systems including coding, testing, debugging and documenting programs
• Participates in requirements gathering, program design, and database design
• Uses technical knowledge and experience to resolve development and support issues
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work concurrently on multiple tasks
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate degree or equivalent experience
• 1+ years of development and testing experience in C# / .Net
• 1+ years of development experience on Microsoft SQL Server (preferred) or Oracle Database
• 1+ years Database Design/Programming (Stored Procedures/Functions)
• 1+ years of SDLC or DevOps/Agile experience
• 1+ years of Angular
• 1+ years working experience with API REST web services
• Experience with version management tools and implementing CI/CD pipelines (Git, AzureDevOps, SVN, etc.)
• Experience with Design Patterns
• Software design experience using object-oriented patterns, SOLID, and similar development principles
• Solid organizational skills and focus on accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proven excellent analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
• Proven self-motivated with the ability to work both independently and in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare Industry Experience
• Cognizant Facets Application experience
• Reporting Tools experience
• Azure Cloud development experience

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone 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.