Senior Software Engineer - Remote

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Optum Serve is dedicated to serving our nation's military and Veterans. We have the honor to support federal agencies in their efforts to advance the United States health care system and improve the overall health and well-being of all those who serve or have served our country. Our health services are designed to help everyone live healthier lives.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Designs, codes, tests and debugs applications and components that meet all technical specifications and business requirements per assigned work items
• Work closely with lead engineers to develop the best technical design and approach for new product development
• Collaborates closely with Business Analysts on developing requirements and may assist with estimating
• Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines with optimal solutions
• Operational Excellence - build, deploy, monitor, and operation of production services
• Mentors other software engineers

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Computer Engineering or related field and/or relevant experience will be considered
• 5+ years of experience in:
  • Full lifecycle of software development projects in an agile environment
  • Deep hands-on technical expertise in building web applications and RESTful web services
  • MS SQL, PostgreSQL, or other similar relational database management system
  • .NET Core or similar object-oriented programming language
  • Angular, React, or other JavaScript frameworks / libraries
  • Application containerization, deployment, and orchestration across environments
  • CI/CD and test automation
  • Building cloud-native applications in Azure or similar cloud service provider
• Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with Domain Driven Design
• Experience with Event Driven Architecture
• Proven basic understanding and ability to troubleshoot applications running within Kubernetes
• Proven basic understanding of cloud infrastructure and automated provisioning & configuration management
• Proven basic understanding of networking and internet protocols
• Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines
• Demonstrated familiarity with GitOps principles (and tools like Flux or Argo CD)
• DevOPS experience
• Experience with Building Deployment Packages using Dockers , ARGO CD etc.
• Experience in building/setting CICD Pipelines either by using Jenkins or Github Actions
• Experience in deploying into environments
• Experience in solving Vulnerablities and code quality issues running through tools like twist lock/sonar etc.
• Experience in working with Terraform scripts & CDK8s
• Experience in defining and setting the Infra needs for the APP, ex: number of pods and CPU memory for each pod etc.
• Ability to develop on a Mac

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven knowledge of Encryption, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), understanding of OWASP
• Demonstrated familiarity with LeSS / Large Scale Scrum
• Experience in healthcare

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 to $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment