The Role
Designs and builds scalable backend services, APIs, microservices, automation frameworks, and distributed systems using Python. Responsibilities include architecture, coding, testing, code reviews, secure development, CI/CD integration, cloud infrastructure, technical documentation, mentoring, and cross-functional Agile delivery. The role also drives feature coordination, improves maintainability, supports DevSecOps practices, and contributes to developer tooling and automation platforms.
Summary Generated by Built In
Requisition Number: 2383661
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:
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
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.
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:
- Architecture, Design & Problem Solving
- Contribute to component-level and service-level designs aligned with established architectural patterns
- Create technical design documents for medium-to-large features to ensure alignment across the team
- Evaluate dependencies, technical impacts, trade-offs, and implementation approaches when designing solutions
- Participate in architecture and design discussions, providing practical recommendations
- Solve complex technical problems by translating business requirements into scalable engineering solutions
- Promote code and component reuse within the team and across related applications
- Coding & Implementation
- Design, build, and maintain backend services and automation frameworks using Python
- Deliver high-quality, performant, testable, and maintainable code following engineering best practices
- Design APIs, data models, and integration workflows with clear documentation and intent
- Refactor and improve existing solutions to reduce technical debt and enhance maintainability
- Contribute consistently through meaningful commits and pull requests
- Code Reviews & Collaboration
- Review pull requests for quality, readability, test coverage, and adherence to standards
- Mentor team members while remaining actively involved in coding and technical design
- Provide constructive technical feedback and mentor engineers through code reviews
- Collaborate with product, QA, DevOps, and platform teams to ensure smooth delivery
- Incorporate feedback into future design and implementation decisions
- Security
- Apply secure coding practices and address identified vulnerabilities in delivered solutions
- Understand common application and infrastructure security patterns
- Integrate security checks into CI/CD workflows and automation pipelines
- Ensure compliance with organizational security and engineering standards
- Agile Delivery
- Collaborate with product management to refine user stories and technical tasks
- Drive feature delivery across multiple teams by coordinating dependencies and removing blockers
- Break down larger initiatives into manageable stories and implementation tasks
- Support frequent delivery and deployment of features
- 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:
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- 4+ years of hands-on Python development in production environments (e.g., FastAPI, Flask)
- Experience designing and building APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
- Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Experience working with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience mentoring engineers or leading feature teams
- Experience building developer tooling or automation platforms
- Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and security automation
- Understanding of networking, security, and modern application architecture
- Proven problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in enterprise-scale distributed environments
- Familiarity with AI/ML or LLM-based automation solutions
- Proven exposure to observability tools such as Splunk, Datadog, or CloudWatch
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.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- 4+ years of hands-on Python development in production environments, such as FastAPI or Flask
- Experience designing and building APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
- Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Experience working with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience mentoring engineers or leading feature teams
- Experience building developer tooling or automation platforms
- Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and security automation
- Understanding of networking, security, and modern application architecture
- Proven problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
- Experience working in enterprise-scale distributed environments
- Familiarity with AI/ML or LLM-based automation solutions
- Proven exposure to observability tools such as Splunk, Datadog, or CloudWatch
Optum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave (six weeks), paid caregiver leave (up to two weeks), Bright Horizons back-up care, and adoption assistance up to $10,000 are prominently included. Feedback suggests these family supports meaningfully aid work-life balance and are often highlighted as strengths.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is available to all employees, including part-time staff, alongside other financial protections like disability and life insurance. Feedback suggests broad access and matching make retirement support a core pillar of the package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan offers discounted company stock, with some roles also eligible for sign-on or performance bonuses. Feedback suggests the ESPP is a standout financial perk that helps employees build ownership over time.
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The Company
What We Do
Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, 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. At Optum, we support your well-being with an understanding team, extensive benefits and rewarding opportunities. By joining us, you’ll have the resources to drive system transformation while we help you take care of your future. We recognize the power of connection to drive change, improve efficiency and make a difference in health care. Join a team where your skills and ideas can make an impact and where collaboration is key to creating technology that produces healthier outcomes.
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Optum Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Optum has three workplace models that balance the needs of the business and the responsibilities of each role. These models, core on‑site (5 days/week), hybrid (4 days/week) and telecommute or fully remote, vary by country, role and location.
Typical time on-site:
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