The Role
Lead backend-focused full-stack development for AI-assisted workflows: architect and deploy scalable, event-driven microservices on AWS, implement IaC and CI/CD, apply MLOps to integrate and monitor models in production, and improve performance, reliability, observability, and cost efficiency.
Summary Generated by Built In
Requisition Number: 2367377
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.
Mgr Full Stack (Backend) Engineer, SG28
Job Responsibilities• Full Stack Development (Backend)• Develop high-performance applications for AI-assisted workflows and decision systems• Cloud (AWS)• Architect and deploy applications on AWS (Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, Aurora, Bedrock/SageMaker)• Design event-driven and microservices architectures for scalable AI workloads• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)• CI/CD & Engineering Excellence• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins) for automated builds, testing, and deployments• Apply MLOps practices including model lifecycle, versioning, and monitoring• Improve performance, reliability, observability, and cost efficiency of AI inference systems
Key Skills (Must-Have)
Required Qualifications• 8+ years of full stack engineering experience, with strong backend and frontend expertise• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with RESTful API development• Proven experience working on AWS cloud platform (compute, storage, networking, IAM, monitoring)• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)• Experience integrating AI/ML models into production applications
Preferred Qualifications• Hands-on experience with React.js (hooks, state management, component design)• Experience with Agentic AI / Generative AI systems (LLMs, RAG, orchestration frameworks)• Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS, OpenSearch) and semantic search• Exposure to MLOps ecosystems (model registry, pipelines, evaluation frameworks)• Experience in microservices architecture and event-driven systems• Prior experience in healthcare/claims domain or regulated environments (preferred)
Healthcare domain exposure (preferred):• Experience with healthcare datasets (claims, eligibility, prior authorization, provider directories)• Understanding of clinical or operational workflows (provider calls, documentation, adjudication steps)• Awareness of healthcare data sensitivity and HIPAA-like compliance expectations
Required 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.
#NIC #NJP
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.
Mgr Full Stack (Backend) Engineer, SG28
Job Responsibilities• Full Stack Development (Backend)• Develop high-performance applications for AI-assisted workflows and decision systems• Cloud (AWS)• Architect and deploy applications on AWS (Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, Aurora, Bedrock/SageMaker)• Design event-driven and microservices architectures for scalable AI workloads• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)• CI/CD & Engineering Excellence• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins) for automated builds, testing, and deployments• Apply MLOps practices including model lifecycle, versioning, and monitoring• Improve performance, reliability, observability, and cost efficiency of AI inference systems
Key Skills (Must-Have)
- Backend: Python (FastAPI/Flask), API design
- Cloud: AWS (Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB)
- DevOps: CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
- Data: SQL/NoSQL, vector databases
Required Qualifications• 8+ years of full stack engineering experience, with strong backend and frontend expertise• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with RESTful API development• Proven experience working on AWS cloud platform (compute, storage, networking, IAM, monitoring)• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)• Experience integrating AI/ML models into production applications
Preferred Qualifications• Hands-on experience with React.js (hooks, state management, component design)• Experience with Agentic AI / Generative AI systems (LLMs, RAG, orchestration frameworks)• Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS, OpenSearch) and semantic search• Exposure to MLOps ecosystems (model registry, pipelines, evaluation frameworks)• Experience in microservices architecture and event-driven systems• Prior experience in healthcare/claims domain or regulated environments (preferred)
Healthcare domain exposure (preferred):• Experience with healthcare datasets (claims, eligibility, prior authorization, provider directories)• Understanding of clinical or operational workflows (provider calls, documentation, adjudication steps)• Awareness of healthcare data sensitivity and HIPAA-like compliance expectations
Required Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of total software engineering experience, including 2+ years hands-on in AI/ML (e.g., NLP, GenAI, predictive modeling, or recommendations)
- Experience building and integrating model backed APIs/services (Python/Node/Java) into production systems
- Working knowledge of a major cloud (preferably AWS): containers/serverless, IAM basics, storage/networking fundamentals, logging/metrics
- Understanding of security, access control, monitoring/alerting, and foundational resiliency/DR concepts for cloud applications
- Solid Python skills with one or more ML/DL frameworks (PyTorch/TensorFlow; familiarity with Hugging Face or LangChain is a plus)
- Solid software engineering practices: version control, code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD
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.
#NIC #NJP
Skills Required
- 8+ years of total software engineering experience
- 2+ years hands-on in AI/ML (NLP, GenAI, predictive modeling, recommendations)
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- Strong Python programming skills
- Experience with RESTful API development and API design (FastAPI/Flask)
- Experience building and integrating model-backed APIs/services (Python/Node/Java)
- AWS cloud experience (Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, Aurora, Bedrock/SageMaker)
- Design and implement event-driven and microservices architectures
- CI/CD and DevOps practices (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps/Jenkins)
- Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
- MLOps practices including model lifecycle, versioning, and monitoring
- Experience with ML/DL frameworks (PyTorch or TensorFlow)
- Solid software engineering practices: version control, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD
- Understanding of security, access control, monitoring/alerting, and resiliency/DR for cloud applications
- SQL and NoSQL database experience
- Experience with vector databases / semantic search
- Familiarity with Hugging Face or LangChain
- Experience with React.js (hooks, state management, component design)
- Experience with Agentic AI / Generative AI systems (LLMs, RAG, orchestration frameworks)
- Hands-on experience with Pinecone, FAISS, or OpenSearch
- Prior experience in healthcare/claims domain or regulated environments
Optum Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO accrues each pay period with eight paid U.S. holidays plus a floating holiday, and generous time away is consistently emphasized. This breadth supports planned and unplanned time off beyond standard vacation days.
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Parental & Family Support — Six weeks of paid parental leave, up to two weeks of paid caregiver leave, Bright Horizons back‑up care, and adoption assistance signal strong family-oriented support. EAP access with counseling sessions further extends help to employees and their households.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Company‑paid short‑ and long‑term disability, Calm app membership, tuition reimbursement, commuter and FSA accounts, and broad employee discounts expand everyday wellbeing resources. Free or low‑cost virtual visits complement these lifestyle supports.
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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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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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