Software Engineer - Multiple Locations

We are building the equivalent of Amazon Web Services for the healthcare industry.  In doing so, we are changing a whole industry with our technology.  If you are the kind of engineer that likes the idea of disrupting an industry with your technology, then we need you on our team.

Do you take pride in designing and delivering solutions that make a difference in people's lives?  Applications and services that are scalable and can be leveraged and reused in the global marketplace?  Then Optum is the place for you!  At Optum, you can bring your passion for innovation to an Agile environment where some of the smartest people you'll ever work with are working together to help disrupt the healthcare system with smart technology.  We will make the health care system work better for everyone. When you join us as a Software Development Engineer, you'll have the opportunity to showcase your technical expertise, making historic transformation in health care and changing the way our businesses and consumers engage with technology. You will be challenged with delivering high quality software products to impact the health care industry for the better. Here, you'll work at a pace you didn't know you had in you, your performance will be rewarded and, at the end of the day, you'll know you're doing your life's best work.(SM)

Primary Responsibilities

• 
  
  Participate in all phases of software engineering including; requirements, design, coding and testing.


• 
  
  Design and implement product features in collaboration with product managers and stakeholder.


• 
  
  Design reusable components, frameworks and libraries


• 
  
  Participate in an Agile/Scrum methodology to deliver high-quality software releases every 2 weeks


• 
  
  Build awesome software that changes not just our business but the whole industry

Requirements

• 
  
  4 + years in the software engineering profession


• 
  
  2+ years of OOP and a deep understanding of its three main pillars.


• 
  
  Experience deploying apps on Amazon, Heroku, or Google PAAS


• 
  
  Experience with databases and basic schema development/design


• 
  
  Experience with modern ORM technology such as Rail's Active Record or equivalent


• 
  
  Experience building web applications with JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, and/or Java

Nice to Have Experience 

• 
  
  Experience with Docker


• 
  
  Experience with Test Driven Development.


• 
  
  Experience with Node.js


• 
  
  Deep JavaScript experience such as "Prototypical or Inheritance" and "Scoping"


• 
  
  Experience building RESTful web services


• 
  
  Experience with NoSQL


• 
  
  Experience with MySQL


• 
  
  Experience developing mobile applications in IOS or Android


• 
  
  Experience with “DevOps” - Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery


• 
  
  Experience with Cryptography, Authentication, and/or other web security. 

Technology Careers with Optum. 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, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Key Words: Mongo, Mongodb, nosql,Rails, Docker, AWS, Hadoop, Mongo, Azure