Senior Software Engineer I

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 and develop software applications and application components in an agile environment using the .NET framework and .NET Core
• Create high-quality software by conducting peer design/code reviews and developing automated test cases
• Coordination with all stake holders and Ensures Project Meets Requirements & Objectives
• Act as a hands-on engineer, leading by example and working independently
• Build production-ready features and capabilities adhering to best engineering standards
• Optimize application performance and scalability
• Analyzes and investigates production issues
• Execute on-call responsibilities to address critical production issues outside of regular business hours
• Identify and help mitigate risks to the data and organizational health
• Design and manage relational databases. Write complex queries and stored procedures
• Share knowledge internally with peers and leaders, acting as a resource for teams and business units within areas of expertise
• Use tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub, or GitHub Actions for version control and CI/CD pipelines
• Leverage the latest technologies to solve complex problems facing the health care industry
• Provides explanations and interpretations within area of expertise
• Document technical specifications and user guides
• 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 regard 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 in computer science, Information Systems or Engineering
• 7+ years of work experience in Information Technology, with at least 5 years focused on .Net technologies
• 3+ years of experience in API & Integrations: Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar technologies
• 3+ years of DevOps & CI/CD: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git, Docker, Artifactory, SonarQube), and monitoring tools like Zabbix or Grafana
• Experience in building scalable, performant, and high-availability applications using C#.Net, Angular and web services (API backend heavy)
• Good experience with developing solutions involving relational database technologies on SQL Server platform, stored procedure programming experience using T-SQL
• Experience with SDLC such as Agile or Waterfall
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technology, software, and system solutions
• Should be adaptable and transformable to learn latest technologies as per business needs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare domain knowledge
• Development of ETL packages using SSIS, Azure data factory
• Jenkins, Azure Data Factory, Kubernetes, Docker, Azure DevOps

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.