Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that is improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation is not about another gadget; it is about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There is no room for error. If you are looking for a better place to use your passion and your desire to drive change, this is the place to be. It's an opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
Primary Responsibilities:

• Deliver professional level technical work in support of the development of company products, tools, platforms and services, typically for an external customer or end user
• Design and develop software applications and application components in an agile environment
• Ensuring high quality solutions by implementing unit tests and supporting the creation and design of integration, load, and user acceptance tests
• Work on full stack application development involving creation of APIs, big data platforms and data ingestions components
• Deploying data pipelines in production based on Continuous Delivery practices
• Generally work is self-directed and not prescribed
• Works with less structured, more complex issues
• Serves as a resource to others

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of full SDLC experience
• 4+ years of QA experience
• 2+ years coding experience with any JVM based languages (Java, Scala, Groovy, Kotlin)
• 2+ years strong experience with SQL and working on databases like Oracle, PostGres, EDB
• 2+ years of experience with automation testing with open source frameworks like JUnit, Selenium, Cucumber
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Bamboo

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years hands-on experience with open source test automation tools like JMeter and API testing
• Proven experience delivering software using an Agile/Scrum methodology
• Hands-on experience with creating and maintaining Behavior Driven Development (BDD) using frameworks like JBehave, Spock, Scala Tests, Gherkin, Cucumber
• Experience in secure development practice
• Development/QA experience with creating and maintaining APIs using open source frameworks like Sprint Boot, Play
• Experience of working on public cloud services like Azure, AWS, GCP
• Experience in Healthcare

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies now require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles require full COVID-19 vaccination as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment.
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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