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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Follow the development practices, policies, and reporting expectations in the Optum Team

• Be able to implement manual and automation testing frameworks

• Participate in the daily standups, project meetings and retrospectives

• Clearly articulate questions and requirements for the work being assigned

• The ability to produce solutions to problems independently but can ask for help when needed

• Work in collaboration with the Optum Team leads to ensure development and testing milestones are agreed upon and achieved

• Raise blockers early to ensure proper communication so these issues can be addressed by the Optum Team

• Follow all Optum Regulatory/Compliance requirements

• 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:

• BA/BS in Computer Science or a related field

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering and Java technologies in the candidate’s most recent position

• Experience working in an Agile development environment

• Experience building ETL pipelines

• Experience in Databricks, SQL. Synapse, Scala, Python, Java

• Experience using a source control repository, preferably GIT

• High level knowledge of development fundamentals and core language concepts with Java/Scala

• Proven problem solving skills, able to analyze logs and trouble shoot issues

• Proven willingness to learn new technologies and eagerness to think outside the box

• Good understanding of OOP principals

• Good understanding of secure coding best practices, remediation of security vulnerability general knowledge

Preferred Qualifications:

• Azure App services, Azure Functions experience

• Rest API development experience

• CI/CD experience

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.