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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
The Software Engineer will work collaboratively within teams of Capability Managers, Business Analysts, Architects, Quality Analysts, and Tier 1 & 2 support personnel on open-source software to assess unmet/new business needs and solutions.
The Software Engineer will address vulnerabilities and perform software development enhancements on the continuously growing list of open-source software as prescribed.
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Primary Responsibilities:
- Review of requirements and/or systems analysis documents for completeness
- Creation/involvement in documented designs following agreed to design patterns and standards
- Perform Coding and unit testing independently, and assist/mentor peer team members whenever required
- Adherence to coding standards
- Communicate effectively with other engineers/ QA and collaborate teams
- Support the QA team during testing via defect fixes, code deployment, clarifications
- Fully encourage and facilitate high quality code through of support QA team efforts including but not limited to mentoring, assistance, and writing/executing automation tests as needed
- Working with Capability/Product Managers, Deployment Leads, peer developers to complete various project deployment activities
- Adhere to proper use of source control
- Ensuring delivery of technical artifacts for each project
- Mentoring developers on technology and application knowledge as needed
- Identify opportunities to fine-tune and optimize applications
- 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
Qualifications - External
Eligibility
To apply to an internal job, employees must meet the following criteria:
- Minimum 12 months in the current role
- Not on Active CAP at the time of applying for the IJP
- Employees designated currently on G-27 & G-28 can apply for this position
- Employees must notify their Current Manager before applying for the IJP
- Last Common Review rating should be Meeting Expectations or Exceeding Expectations NJP
Required Qualifications:
- B.Tech / MCA / Msc / MTech
- 3+ years of experience working with Java/J2EE/UI technologies in full stack development
- Experience of working in Agile environment
- Hands on experience with Confluence, Jira, Jira Service Desk, draw.io
- Experience in GIT & Maven\Gradle
- Experience on RDBMS & noSQL databases like mysql, mongodb
- Experience on both on prem and cloud applications Azure\Aws
- Hands on experience with any of the below (Mandatory)
- Python, Java Script , HTML5, TypeScript, Tournament, Luxon library, JMESPath library, Electron App, Go, Shell, Dockerfile, Groovy, LGPL license
- Hands on experience with Rest based web services
- Experience working with the CI/CD and DevOps goal/initiatives
- Solid programming experience
- Experience of working in a global environment
- Sound knowledge of SDLC processes
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, Github\bitbucket)
- Proficiency in open-source software programming languages
- Proven excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills
- Proven solid attention to detail and commitment to quality
- Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Proven excellent teamwork and collaboration abilities
- Proven good communication and presentation skills
- Proven good attitude and self-motivated
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.
