Senior Software Engineer - Remote

UnitedHealth Group•Minnetonka, MN

3h•$91,700 - $163,700•Remote

About The Position

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care’s most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. UHC Technology is focused on driving change, modernization, and ensuring reliable and stable systems so that we can help to transform health care - making it easier, more affordable, and more effective for those we serve. We are passionate about technology and the role it plays to create distinctive experiences to our constituents. While we are always focused on how technology can help us deliver faster and with improved quality, we are far more enthusiastic about the ways technology can reinvent how we deliver on our mission in partnership with the UHC lines of business and Optum Technology. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related, or 8+ years of equivalent experience
5+ years of experience with Java micro-services, Spring Boot, Spring Batch
2+ years of experience with DataStage PX ETL development
2+ years of experience hosting micro services in cloud environments, specifically, experience in Kubernetes
2+ years of experience with Kafka Producer, Kafka Consumer and Kafka Streams
2+ years of experience with databases such as MySQL, Oracle, Postgres
2+ years of CI/CD experience, including building and deploying and maintaining cloud micro services

Nice To Haves

Git, GitHub, GitHub actions, GitHub Pipelines
Docker
XL Deploy
General CI/CD pipeline experience

Responsibilities

Design and develop solutions for the current project through cloud-hosted Java Microservices/Kafka streams and DataStage ETL jobs
Mentor and guide developers on the team
Hands-on work with deliverables of java services, cloud solutions, data pipelines, Kafka streaming and DataStage PX to implement solutions
Help create strategic direction for how to transform other components of the app using modern technologies (Kafka, services, SQL and NoSQL DB)
Help triage and fix issues with solution in Production
Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation by streamlining workflows and automating repetitive tasks
Evaluate emerging trends to drive continuous improvement and strategic innovation