Software Engineer

About the Role

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Staying plugged into emerging technologies/industry trends and applying them into operations and activities.
• Responsible for large and more complex components, while influencing overall data architecture and patterns.
• Influences the team's designs and solutions.
• Mentors software engineers through code reviews, and hands-on design sessions.
• Contributes meaningfully to code reviews of teams' work, providing collaborative guidance in areas of strength.
• Continues to receive guidance in own code reviews primarily around solution refinement, rather than overall direction.
• Able to explain implementation decisions and push back appropriately.
• Learns from feedback and applies to future deliverables.
• Solves more complex problems. API's / Data Structures/ Data Models/Algorithms/ Application Sequences are thoughtfully designed.
• Solutions are well integrated, testable, maintainable, and performant.
• Appropriately leverages existing solutions and adapts for reuse.
• Delivers solutions with the appropriate toolset (languages, algorithms, patterns, and frameworks) for the constraints and conditions of the business, team, and product.
• Chooses refactor opportunities to drive down tech debt, in alignment with sprint and program goals.
• Incorporates automation in testing, build, and deployment processes to drive team efficiencies.
• Introduces automation to replace repeated manual processes demonstrating measurable improvement.
• Works with internal stakeholders, gets their priorities, builds alignment on prioritization, and synthesizes them into a quarterly roadmap for the platform.
• Designs, develops, and deploys AI-powered solutions using no-code, low-code, and advanced platforms, translating business needs into scalable applications that enhance products, workflows, and decision-making.
• Complies with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• C#
• .Net Core Web API
• Angular / React
• Python for AI/ML and automation
• Java
• Databricks
• Azure Public Cloud
• Git Actions
• Git
• Sonar
• SQL/NoSQL databases
• DevOps best practices in a cloud-native environment
• Open-Source Tools and Framework

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 1+ years of experience in software development.
• Experience delivering solutions with a focus on C#, .Net Core Web API, Angular/React along with Python - AI/ML exp. and automation.
• Solid experience in development using C#, .Net Core Web API and/or Java and Angular and/or React.
• Solid experience in DevOps best practices in a cloud-native environment.
• Solid understanding of product management principles - prioritization, preparing roadmaps, cross-functional team collaboration.
• Very good high-level understanding of building software platforms.
• Healthcare knowledge.
• Proven excellent problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of Data Structures.
• Good knowledge of Entity Framework Core.
• Very good understanding of agile software development practices and the role of product management in the same.