Software Engineer

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.

Full-Stack Software Engineer, Python, Microsoft Azure, Flask, MySQL.

As a software engineer within the People Technology and Optum Technology organizations, you will be building high-quality corporate software using modern technologies including Python, MySQL, Flask, and JavaScript with cloud infrastructure hosted in Microsoft Azure. You will implement solutions to meet critical business objectives while working with engineers, project managers, business partners, and other important stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create solid web application, database, data pipeline, API, and cloud infrastructure solutions
• Develop robust, configurable, and scalable solutions that meet functional needs. Ensure technical requirements are incorporated into solutions such as performance, availability, security, and disaster recovery
• Support all phases of testing including functional, performance, and user testing
• Implement and support data solutions including REST and SOAP APIs
• Communicate updates in daily stand-ups and collaborate with many engineers, analysts, and business partners
• Apply modern software engineering best practices to create the best outcomes
• Create reusable and elegant code that is version controlled using git/GitHub
• Quickly identify defect root causes and drive towards resolution within an incident management lifecycle
• Uses a critical thinking and proactive mindset to prevent issues and write mature software
• Learn and Share - Deeply values learning as a continuous investment and shares knowledge within and across teams
• 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 regard 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:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 2+ years of Python development experience
• 2+ years of Flask web framework experience
• 2+ years of experience working with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
• 2+ years of SQL development experience with MySQL or a similar relational database
• 2+ years of automated code deployment experience using git and CI/CD technologies (e.g. Jenkins)
• 2+ years of experience with Docker and containerized deployments
• Proven excellent communication skills
• Proven excellent analytical, problem solving, and troubleshooting abilities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working within the Human Resources domain
• Experience with Human Capital Management systems like Oracle Cloud HCM
• Experience with creating solutions in Microsoft Azure

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.