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)
The Full stack Engineer is responsible for providing technology leadership and hands-on contributions towards a global team of Engineers to deliver relevant, timely and insightful information to the business. You will be responsible for developing code and configuring software that builds fantastic single page application for our clinical customers.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Design and develop innovative solutions to meet the needs of the business
• Interact with business partners and other stakeholders including executive leadership
• Use Modern, Cloud enabled, Agile Dev/Ops approaches to enrich, transform and analyze data.
• Provide technology leadership - Lead technology decisions, drive product implementation and delivery
• Review code and provide feedback relative to best practices, improving performance etc.
• Demonstrate substantial depth of knowledge and experience in data engineering, API development and graph-based approaches to analytic development
• Provide execution delivery leadership - Support the implementation and drive it to stable state in production
• Provide alternate design solutions along with project estimates
• Troubleshoot production support issues post-deployment and come up with solutions as required
• Drive the team and collaborate to meet project timelines
• Review project deliverables for completeness, quality, and compliance with established project standards
• Upholds enterprise policy guidelines and recommends new and improved guidelines

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:
• 5+ years of Data Engineering experience • 5+ years of Java API or data externalization experience • Experience working in an Agile environment (Scrum/SAFe) • Two or more of the following:

• Experience with Designing and developing streams-based data processing. Kafka, Spark, Scala, Go.
• Experience with designing and developing REST APIs / microservices. Spring, Spring boot, Java, Go, NoSQL Databases
• Exposure to graph databases and graph-based data analysis. Neo4j, TigerGraph, Cosmos DB or similar
• Exposure to BigData stack - Hadoop, HBase, Cassandra or similar NOSQL

Preferred Qualifications:
• Healthcare Industry experience • Experience with graph databases and graph-based data analysis. Neo4j, TigerGraph, Cosmos DB or similar • Experience working with to BigData/NOSQL stack - Hadoop, HBase,Cassandra or similar • Exposure using NLP or Machine learning based approaches with Python or TensorFlow
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.
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)
*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
Colorado, Connecticut or Nevada Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado/Connecticut/Nevada residents is $94,500 to $171,700. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
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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