Senior Software Engineer-Java, Spring - Eden Prairie, MN

There's no better time to bring your software engineering career to the health care industry.You take pride in changing the face of solution development adopting Infrastructure as Code, Hadoop and Big Data? 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 make the health care system work better for everyone. When you join us as a Senior Software 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:

Work and lead an application development team using Agile development methodologies.
Perform all phases of software engineering including requirements analysis, application design, code development and testing in collaboration with architecture groups , business and IT stakeholders
Drive the successful architecture and deployment of enterprise grade infrastructure as code solutions using OSE v3
Adopt the modern development tool chain around Continuous Integration and deployment, coding practices (check-in, code reviews)

Required Qualifications:

4+ years Java/J2EE software development experience with Spring framework and ORM technologies (like Hibernate, JPA, or similar)
Strong background on the automated unit testing technologies (Such as JUnit, Spock, or similar)
Good understanding of SQL, relational database modeling and design
2+ years of experience with Agile Methodologies and Test Driven development
Experience with XML/JSON and developing SOAP and REST services using Apache CXF or a comparable framework
Demonstrated success in building design patterns and software engineering best practices
Relevant Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in a related field
Preferred Qualifications:

Understanding of SOA design principles
Experience with RabbitMQ/WMQ Java Messaging
Solid exposure to NoSQL and Hadoop
Working knowledge of APIs
Experience in the health care industry
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: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and 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.
 
Job Keywords: IT, technology, healthcare, Optum, Infrastructure, Big Data, Hadoop, Java, Eden Prairie, MN, Minnesota
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