Senior Software Engineer I - Java Full stack

Requisition Number: 2336555
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.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Write Effective code with best security practices in place
• Collaborate with the business to evaluate business goals, identify business problems, and propose solutions
• Participate actively in Agile / SCRUM meetings
• Help the Scrum execution team to make a smooth progress on delivering new functionality and at the end the each Sprint
• Apply repeatable design patterns, best practices and development frameworks and techniques
• Focus on execution of product features in collaboration with business and IT stakeholders
• Drive some of the software engineering phases including requirements analysis, architecture & application design
• Design and develop innovative solutions to meet the needs of the business
• Triage production support issues post-deployment and drive solutions as required
• Build reusable components, frameworks and libraries which can be leveraged across department
• Collaborate with quality teams to drive continuous improvement
• Works with less structured, more complex issues
• 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 regards 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 degree in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• 5+ years in the software engineering profession across entire SDLC
• 2+ years of prior hands-on experience in Java, Sprint Boot, React JS, Redux, Node JS, Javascript, Html and Microservices
• Experience consuming REST Applications
• Experience delivering software using an Agile / Scrum methodology
• Good Web Security
• Good understanding of Google Web Optimization guidelines, Web Performance best practices and search engine optimization
• Good understanding of web application networking and communication flows
• Demonstrated success designing and building high-quality, scalable commercial software applications

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.