Software Engineer - Java Backend

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:

• Team Player in an Agile team within a Release Team/Value Stream
• Develop and automate business solutions by creating new and modifying existing software applications
• Technically hands on and excellent in Design, Coding and Testing
• Collectively responsible for end to end product quality
• Participates and contributes in Sprint Ceremonies
• Promote and develop the culture of collaboration, accountability & quality
• Provides technical support to team. Helps team in resolving technical issues
• Closely working with Tech Lead, Onshore partners, deployment and infrastructure teams
• Independently drive some of the product and pillar level initiatives
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives

Required Qualifications:

• B.tech and/or MS in computer science or equivalent
• 1+ years of software development (and design) experience using programming and scripting languages (java, java script)
• 1+ years of software development with Microservices architecture and spring boot java framework
• 1+ years of experience in managing cloud-based infrastructure and container orchestration platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Kubernetes) and automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) to automate tasks related to provisioning, configuration, and maintenance of GitHub Actions and runner farm environments
• Solid understanding of software development principles, version control systems (particularly Git and GitHub), continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, and infrastructure as code (IaC) concepts
• In-depth knowledge of GitHub features, including Actions, workflows, repositories, branches, pull requests, and permissions management
• Testing using Data Quality Framework
• DevOps - Jenkins, GitHub, Docker, Redis, Sonar, Fortify
• Development Methodology / Engineering Practices - Agile (SCRUM / KANBAN / SAFe)

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.