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's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)
Primary Responsibilities:

• Design and implement product features in collaboration with other technical teams, business, and IT stakeholders
• Collaborate with management, quality assurance, architecture, and other development teams to deliver against an agile roadmap of initiatives
• Utilize solid development skills and gain an understanding of software architecture
• Mentor the engineering team to develop and perform as highly as possible
• Design, implement, configure, and maintain Azure SaaS Cloud Services
• Work with large, complex data sets to build data driven analytical products
• Perform various technical aspects of software development including design, developing prototypes, and coding
• Lead the deployment, support, and monitoring of software across development, integration, and production environments
• Remain current on industry trends, particularly in event driven architecture, and participates in the evaluation of new technologies
• Partner with other lead level engineers across platform teams to ensure platform components are being designed with a cohesive end in mind
• Build cohesive self-service platform components on top of GCP & Azure
• Design, code, test, document, and maintain high-quality and scalable Big Data and Analytic solutions
• Research, evaluate, and deploy new tools, frameworks and patterns to build a sustainable Analytic platform
• Design and implement solutions for migrating products to Cloud
• Design, Develop and Support Engine to run HEDIS, CMS, QARR, PQA and other state customized measures certification programs
• Identify gaps and opportunities for improvement of existing solutions
• Set up and support CI/CD pipeline
• Be innovative in solution design and development to meet the needs of the business
• Define and develop APIs for integration with various data sources in the enterprise
• Create prototypes, proof-of-concepts & design and code reviews
• Collaborate with management, quality assurance, architecture, and other development teams
• Write technical documentation and participate in production support

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 IT experience with a Master's Degree OR 8+ years of experience with a Bachelor's Degree
• Core python experience
• Microservices experience
• Big Data/Hadoop experience
• AWS/Azure stack experience
• RDBMS knowledge
• Java knowledge
• Basic CI-CD knowledge/ create pipelines

Preferred Qualification:

• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, 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
Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place 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.