Senior Software Engineer

As a part of the Optum global organization, your work will directly contribute to improving health outcomes by connecting individuals with the care, pharmacy benefits, data, and resources they require to lead healthier lives. The culture at Optum is characterized by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities, allowing you to have a significant impact on the communities served while advancing health optimization on a global scale. Primary Responsibilities: - Contribute code, tests, automation, application design, and architecture to an agile team of engineers operating across the application stack and portfolio. - Participate in a scrum team to refine user stories and develop acceptance criteria that align with business outcomes. - Solve technical problems across various levels of the stack, including backend, frontend, database, and infrastructure. - Perform code reviews for team members. - Utilize AI to achieve Tech and Business goals. Required Qualifications: - Graduate degree or equivalent experience. - 3+ years of coding experience with C# and MS SQL, along with a willingness and ability to learn new languages and technologies. - Experience working with continuous integration/continuous delivery tools, REST API development, serverless architecture, containerization, application observability, and messaging/stream architecture. - Solid understanding of engineering fundamentals such as unit testing, code reviews, Agile, and DevOps. At UnitedHealth Group, the mission is to assist people in living healthier lives and improve the health system for everyone. The commitment includes addressing health disparities and enhancing health outcomes, particularly for historically marginalized groups, people of color, and those with lower incomes. The organization is dedicated to mitigating its impact on the environment while delivering equitable care, reflecting these priorities in its mission. As a part of the Optum global organization, your work will directly contribute to improving health outcomes by connecting individuals with the care, pharmacy benefits, data, and resources they require to lead healthier lives. The culture at Optum is characterized by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities, allowing you to have a significant impact on the communities served while advancing health optimization on a global scale. Primary Responsibilities: - Contribute code, tests, automation, application design, and architecture to an agile team of engineers operating across the application stack and portfolio. - Participate in a scrum team to refine user stories and develop acceptance criteria that align with business outcomes. - Solve technical problems across various levels of the stack, including backend, frontend, database, and infrastructure. - Perform code reviews for team members. - Utilize AI to achieve Tech and Business goals. Required Qualifications: - Graduate degree or equivalent experience. - 3+ years of coding experience with C# and MS SQL, along with a willingness and ability to learn new languages and technologies. - Experience working with continuous integration/continuous delivery tools, REST API development, serverless architecture, containerization, application observability, and messaging/stream architecture. - Solid understanding of engineering fundamentals such as unit testing, code reviews, Agile, and DevOps. At UnitedHealth Group, the mission is to assist people in living healthier lives and improve the health system for everyone. The commitment includes addressing health disparities and enhancing health outcomes, particularly for historically marginalized groups, people of color, and those with lower incomes. The organization is dedicated to mitigating its impact on the environment while delivering equitable care, reflecting these priorities in its mission.