Senior Software Engineer I - Java, Cloud, Angular/React

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain healthcare applications and components including browser-based single page apps, micro frontends, microservices and orchestrated workflow. Open Shift Enterprise/OCP, TypeScript, Java, and testing tools figure heavily into a typical day's work
• Participate in all phases of software engineering including requirements analysis, application design, code development and testing and follow Agile/Scrum methodology to deliver high-quality software releases every 2 weeks
• Applying object-oriented principles and recommended design patterns to create robust and scalable system designs.
• Define and drive improvements in the overall quality including automation, code coverage and inspection processes.
• Conduct code review & design review to ensure the work delivered by the team is of high quality standards.
• Mentor other developers on coding standards, problem solving, and application architecture.
• Develop unit and integration tests for all written software programs and components. Follow test driven development approach
• Document and communicate design and application code specifications and details to other team members
• Mentor junior developers on the team with programming standards
• Adapt to new programming languages, methodologies, platforms and frameworks to support the business needs
• 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

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree ; Equivalent combination of education, experience and/or applicable military experience will be considered
• FHIR Certifications and knowledge on SMART on FHIR
• 5+ years of programming and full software development life-cycle experience
• 4+ years of web service API development experience using Java/Spring
• 2+ years of experience in deploying applications on Container platforms like OpenShift, Kubernetes
• Experience developing SPA applications with a strong grasp in one or more relevant front-end frameworks (React, Angular, Vue.js etc)
• Experience with Test Driven Development and Agile methodologies
• Experience in providing technical guidance and inculcating engineering best practices within development teams
• Proficiency in Jenkins pipeline CI/CD, GitHub, Docker and Maven
• Proven ability to perform assigned software development tasks using established standards and procedures without any supervision
• Proven solid technical skills including solid understanding of software development methodologies and principles.
• Proven exposure to complete software product lifecycle encompassing requirements analysis, prototyping, architecture, design, development, testing and deployment
• Proven ability to independently troubleshoot problems in development as well as production and zero in on the likely root causes

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.