Senior Software Engineer II

Overview

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

• Designing and Building RESTful API endpoints and asynchronous events to implement business logic
• Building reusable code and libraries to be leveraged across our team and technology stack
• Solid experience working with event driven architecture in cloud preferably AWS
• Collaborating and communicating thoughtfully with team members through design review, code review, and day-to-day collaboration
• SQL writing store procedures/ statements pulling data from thousands of transactions - need to understand tables and databases
• 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
  
  

• Bachelor's degree (or Master) in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 5+ years of experience developing backend processed, APIs with Node.js
• Experience with Express.js, Typescript
• Hands-on experience working on AWS cloud platform
• Experience writing complex SQL queries and understanding of DB schema
• Experience with Agile development methodology
• Experience with version control systems such as Gitlab
• Hands on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and Github actions
• Experience working in Unix, linux environments
• Experience with Scripting languages (Shell scripts, groovy)
• Experience with Database (RDS and Document Db)
• Understanding the UML designs and Data model design
• Knowledge of RESTful APIs
• Proven expert in design, architecture, and development of microservice applications
• Proven writing unit test cases using Jest
• Proven desire to grow as an engineer through collaboration, code reviews, and learning new languages/technologies
• Proven ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Proven excellent problem-solving and communication skill
  
  

• Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
• Proven exposure to programming languages such as Python, Java, etc.