Primary Responsibilities:
- Fullstack .Net development
- Design, develop, and maintain web applications and REST API's
- Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, business analysts and other developers to define and implement innovative solutions
- Assist in the development of user stories and task estimates
- Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on-time and on-budget
- Troubleshoot and debug applications to optimize performance
- Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team
- Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web- and desktop-based business applications built on Microsoft technologies.
- Prepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation and maintenance of software
- Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.
- Analyze and resolve technical and application problems. Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.
- Involved through the entire software development lifecycle of analysis, design, coding, testing, implementation and support
- Continually grow personal skillset and knowledge base with independent research
Required Qualifications:
- 3-5+ years building web applications and REST APIs using C#, ASP.NET Core & MVC, Entity Framework 4.5, LINQ, OAuth 2.0, XML, and SQL Server
- 3-5+ years of hands-on experience with front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular), CSS, HTML, and modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Proficiency with solution design, secure coding, unit/integration testing, and performance optimization across the stack
- Hands-on experience spanning the full software development lifecycle (analysis → design → coding → testing → implementation → support), Agile/Scrum ceremonies, peer code reviews, and CI/CD (Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions).
- Ability to produce clear technical documentation (architecture, API specs, runbooks) and status reports; strong collaboration with product managers, BAs, designers, and other developers.
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging production issues, building diagnostics/instrumentation, and participating in on-call rotations.
- Understanding and experience applying solid engineering design principles. Proficient in object-oriented design and Design patterns
- Excellent communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving; habit of identifying improvement opportunities and encouraging team growth.
- Experience with test automation (xUnit/NUnit, Playwright/Selenium) and pipeline quality gates (static analysis, SCA, SAST/DAST)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with agile development methodologies and pair programming
- Demonstrated leadership in peer reviews, inner-source contributions, technical debt reduction, and continuous improvement practices; familiarity with product metrics and operational KPIs
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204) or Azure Architect, and/or Scrum/Agile certification (PSM I/CSM).
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.
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What We Do
We’re the health care technology and innovation company of the UnitedHealth Group enterprise along with UnitedHealthcare. We’re a global organization that’s evolving health care so everyone can have the opportunity to live their healthiest life. With our hands across all aspects of health, we'll provide you with a rewarding career that enables you to grow in the directions that best fit your passions. This is your opportunity to be part of a team that’s dedicated to Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Our global technology team consists of more than 30,000 innovators from around the world passionate about using technology to improve the lives of people and communities. We are modernizing the health care system through modern analytics, comprehensive clinical expertise, innovative technologies and extensive experience in improving operational and clinical performance.
As part of our team, you will be provided opportunities to channel your curiosity into initiative, working alongside distinguished engineers and developers pursuing innovations that improve the health care experience for everyone. We encourage you to dive in, explore and ask questions about creative ways to use technology to help make the health care system work like an actual system.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Optum has three workplace models that balance the needs of the business, the responsibilities of a job, and your preference for more flexibility. These models are core on-site 5 days/week, hybrid 3 day/s week and telecommute or fully remote.
