Analytic Programmer - recent college graduates - Boston, MA - Full-time / Part-time

Innovation.  Adaptability. A passion for analytics and problem solving.  If those traits brought you here, this opportunity can take you much further.  Humedica, now part of Optum, is serving the health care marketplace with the information tools and analytics solutions that will fuel change going forward.  We are well past big data.  In fact, we are using great data to uncover new solutions and novel marketplace opportunities. If you thrive on making an impact in an evolving market, we should be talking. Join the expanding family of UnitedHealth Group companies and help shape history. You'll help us improve the lives of others while doing your life's best work. SM

We are currently hiring an Analytic Programmer in the Life Sciences division of Humedica.  This is a great opportunity for recent college graduates.  In this position you will play a key role in the transformation of vast amounts of clinical data into key actionable insights. 

Job responsibilities:

• Work closely with our account management and clinical teams


• Conduct data exploration, solve data problems, execute algorithmic data processing using SQL


• Create novel approaches to the reporting and visualization of data in custom deliverables and product offerings 

Our work is challenging, our opportunity is huge, and we are looking for people who enjoy working hard with enthusiastic teammates. 

The ideal candidate must have a demonstrated aptitude and enthusiasm for solving data problems and analyzing (not just manipulating) data to provide key insights and must have a strong orientation toward enthusiasm and teamwork. 

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics or related field


• SQL database programming experience

Assets:

• Experience working at an internship with a technology company


• Experience translating existing processes into business requirements


• Experience researching/ digging into data and performing analysis using SQL


• Healthcare/ life science experience


• Experience tracking clinical data through long-term studies


• Experience researching data to determine whether “clean” or “dirty”


• Understanding healthcare industry terminology and coding (e.g. NDC11, ICD9/ ICD10, HCPCS, CPT, LOINC)
  

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)




Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world?s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity 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.