Senior Software Engineer II

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.

Software Engineer in Public Cloud Platform Engineering (AWS, GCP, Azure) and work with top engineering talent to build innovative cloud platforms for healthcare applications. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage in analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, and more. At our company, every position prioritizes quality in every output. Be part of a team that's transforming healthcare delivery through cutting-edge technology.

Software Engineer in Public Cloud Platform Engineering (AWS, GCP, Azure) and work with top engineering talent to build innovative cloud platforms for healthcare applications. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage in analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, and more. At our company, every position prioritizes quality in every output. Be part of a team that's transforming healthcare delivery through cutting-edge technology.

AI Expectations

Will utilize AI tools and applications to perform tasks, make decisions and enhance their work and overall cloud migration velocity. Expected to use AI Powered software for data analysis, coding, and overall productivity.

Primary Responsibility

• 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

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 4+ years of experience as software development engineer or equivalent hands-on experience producing code for production systems
• 2+ years of experience in Public Cloud such as AWS, Azure, GCP beyond basic IaaS functionality
• 2+ years of experience programming in at least one high-level language (Python, Golang, JavaScript, etc.) 
• 2+ years of experience with the software build cycle
• 1+ years of engineering experience in building infrastructure using code and repeatable designs
• 1+ years of experience in automation of CI/CD using GitHub actions or similar and source control system such as Git
• 1+ years of experience with Agile/lean development practice
• 1+ years of experience with Terraform
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with containers and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes
• Knowledge of Algorithms, data structures, OO design and other CSCI concepts
• Knowledge of API design and lifecycle management (REST, etc.)
• Knowledge of Application foundations and frameworks (Spring, Flask, etc.)
• Knowledge of Data storage, caching and optimization (NoSQL databases, Redis, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Knowledge of Inter-service messaging and streams discovery (SQS,Pub/Sub Kafka, etc.)
• Knowledge of Instrumentation, logging and tracing (Prometheus, CloudWatch, Stack Driver, Azure Monitor etc.)
• Demonstrated evidence based approach to making decisions and solving problems
• Demonstrated design mindset - capable of building distributed/scalable services
  
  

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.