The Role
Leads full-stack Java software development from requirements and architecture through coding, testing, deployment, maintenance, and operational support. Designs scalable applications, documents technical specifications, ensures security and coding compliance, troubleshoots defects, coordinates with QA and infrastructure teams, and supports release management. Also designs and deploys AI-powered solutions using no-code, low-code, and advanced platforms.
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Requisition Number: 2382445
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 Qualification:
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:
- Reviews business requirements
- Demonstrates understanding of applicable business processes and how they add value to the business
- Demonstrates understanding of application architecture and how business logic integrates with it
- Evaluates and drives new project development
- Adheres to applicable enterprise development methodologies and processes
- Reviews and fully understands application/system designs
- Anticipates design scalability and ensures inclusion in application/system designs
- Performs and participates in all required design reviews
- Develops technical specifications/design documents as defined in application/system designs
- Ensures compliance with application code standards
- Ensures that technical specifications/design documents are clearly and comprehensively documented, understood and traceable to the application/system design
- Demonstrates understanding of applicable data models and enterprise data standards
- Works with database teams to evaluate and establish applicable database technical requirements
- Accounts for applicable security requirements in technical specifications/design documents
- Ensures that technical specifications/design documents optimize application/systems performance
- Ensures appropriate integration/interface with applicable partner specifications/design documents
- Develops application/system code as defined in technical specifications
- Creates unit test plans, executes unit testing and documents results to ensure that code works as designed
- Ensures that application/system code is clearly and comprehensively developed and traceable back to technical specifications
- Incorporates scaling capability into application/system code as applicable
- Ensures integration with testing groups
- Conducts all required reviews (e.g., code coverage, code reviews, test plan reviews), as applicable
- Review and troubleshoot potential coding issues
- Validates technical compliance application/system designs
- Demonstrates clear understanding of how the application may be impacted in all aspects of the testing process (e.g., regression testing)
- Analyzes/fixes defects identified in testing (e.g., root cause analysis)
- Partners with applicable groups (e.g., QA) to review and provide feedback on testing scenarios
- Identifies scenarios that may require regression testing, and communicate to appropriate testing groups (e.g., QA)
- Works with Infrastructure Services to resolve issues identified in specific testing environments
- Provides testing documentation to applicable groups (e.g., release notes, change requests, use cases)
- Works with configuration/release management to develop release plans that ensure proper applications deployment
- Ensures that the deployment process is fully documented and compliant with all operational requirements for the application/system
- Communicates and ensures full understanding of application/system changes to applicable groups, in order to facilitate ongoing application stability
- Participates in the application deployment process, as needed
- Provides ongoing expertise to operational support groups (e.g., Systems Support) in order to address identified application problems/issues, as requested
- Ensures that operational documentation is updated to include system maintenance/update changes
- Ensures that system maintenance/updates adhere to security standards
- AI Builder Responsibility:
- Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions using no-code, low-code, and advanced platforms, translating business needs into scalable applications that enhance products, workflows, and decision-making
- 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:
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of work experience as Java Full Stack lead developer and related frameworks like Spring, Hibernate, Angular
- Exposure to Unix/Linux systems and shell scripting skills
- Have implemented at least one AI project/POC in the recent tenure
- Proficient with any RDBMS like Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server
- Proficient in Cloud Technologies preferably Azure
- Demonstrated solid analytical and communication skills
Preferred Qualification:
- Proficient in Python
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
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience as a Java full-stack lead developer
- Experience with Java frameworks including Spring, Hibernate, and Angular
- Exposure to Unix/Linux systems and shell scripting
- Implemented at least one recent AI project or proof of concept
- Proficiency with a relational database management system such as Oracle, MySQL, or SQL Server
- Proficiency in cloud technologies, preferably Azure
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Proficiency in Python
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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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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