Senior Software Engineer - Basking Ridge, NJ

UnitedHealth Group•Basking Ridge, NJ

7d•Onsite

About The Position

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. The Sr Software Engineer must be AI Builder who can contribute to the development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of machine learning models and AI-powered systems for consumer-facing platforms, under the guidance of senior engineers. This role is onsite at our Basking Ridge, NJ location.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in applying object-oriented principles and recommended design patterns to create robust and scalable system designs.
5+ years of experience in developing the applications on NodeJS & Java platform (Spring Boot, REST Web Services, XML, Multi-threading, GraphQL).
4+ years of experience in being proactive in identifying and escalating potential risks and impediments and coming up with alternative solutions
4+ years of experience/knowledge on Docker
3+ years of experience with Cloud based technologies such as AWS
3+ years of experience with Micro-service Architecture
3+ years of expertise with Junit or any other test framework
3+ years of experience and understanding of Development processes and tools - Sonar, Jenkins, GitHub, CI/CD
2+ years of experience working with MySQL or any other similar Database including writing complex join queries and SQL query tuning
2+ years of experience with JMS messaging using any one platform MQ /Kafka streaming
Willingess to work onsite at the Basking Ridge, NJ office

Nice To Haves

Experience working in teams following Agile development methodologies
Fundamental knowledge of algorithms and data structures
Should be able to do POC on emerging tech stack
Define and drive improvements in the overall quality including automation, code coverage etc.

Responsibilities

Design, implement and maintain NodeJS & Java application within all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Develop, test, implement and maintain application software working with established processes
Excellent analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting abilities
Communicate effectively with other engineers and all stakeholders
Ability to proficiently resolve technical issues through debugging
Identify opportunities to fine-tune and optimize the applications
Willingness to learn new technologies and software development practices