.net/C++ Software Engineer Mid-Level, San Diego CA - Full-time / Part-time

UnitedHealth Group is currently searching for an experienced Software Engineer to join our San Diego office.  In this role, you will be tasked with software development to enhance a product that touches the lives of our members and our physicians. 

The Software Engineer works in a team of software engineers, engineers, linguists and medical domain experts in the planning, design, implementation, testing, documentation and maintenance of software modules and linguistic knowledge bases for state-of-the-art medical systems. The Software Engineer works with modules which perform document segmentation, tokenization, morphological analysis, syntactic parsing and semantic analysis. The Software Engineer is responsible for tools used by linguists, medical coders and engineers in the maintenance, augmentation and testing of the NLP modules, communication with backend databases, interfaces with other company software components, and various data import, export and validation systems. The NLP Software Engineer reports to the NLP Software Engineering Manager.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Design, implementation and maintenance of NLP software modules, interfaces, tools and associated systems.
Coordination with subject matter, linguistic and computational linguistic experts in product requirements definition, design, implementation and testing.
Coordination with product management and other company software teams to ensure unified priorities for product enhancements and new product development.
Rigorous testing to ensure high quality results that meet product requirements.
The successful candidate will have demonstrated strong design and implementation skills, and the ability to innovate. Work will be in a fast-paced, customer-driven environment that requires the ability to learn quickly and work both independently and collaboratively.

Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

Requirements:

Minimum 5 years work experience as a Software Engineer
2 years previous experience in the following software development platforms: Java, C#, Python or Visual C++
3 years experience with creating WCF services
3 years experience writing complex SQL Server queries

Assets:

Experience with IIS administration
Experience with JBoss Rules (Drools)
Experience with automated build and deploy processes
Experience with Software Conifguration Management (SCM) strategies
Experience or education in Machine Learning or Natural Language Processing
Experience with commercial OCR solutions.

Careers with Optum360. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.