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.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate of Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience:
• 8+ years of Software Engineering experience
• 3+ years of experience leading a team or mentoring junior developers
• Technical Skills:
• Cloud: 3+ years of experience building and shipping production software in a scaled distributed environment in public cloud
• Proficiency with any Java or JavaScript-based UI framework
• Databases: Experience with both relational and non-relational databases
• Version Control: Proficiency with Git and GitHub
• DevOps: Experience with Docker and CI/CD tools/services
• Tooling: Skilled in utilizing necessary tools to maintain quality code, optimized performance, and system efficiency
• Communication: Proven excellent technical communication skills with peers and non-technical colleagues
  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

• Join a development team to perform all phases of software engineering including requirements analysis, application design, code development and testing
• Own the build/deploy/release process and find ways to automate and improve our pipeline at every step
• Design reusable components, frameworks, and libraries
• Review code and provide feedback relative to best practices and improving performance
• Participate in an Agile / Scrum / Kanban methodology to deliver high-quality software releases every 2 weeks
• Mentor and guide other software engineers within the team
• Develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will enable team velocity
• Collaborate on the design with other team members and product owners, both inside and outside the scrum team
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure code developed meets coding best practices guidelines, unit testing, security, and scalability and maintainability guidelines
• 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