Android Mobile Application Developer - Minnetonka, MN

Position Description:


United Healthcare gives you the opportunity to showcase your passion and technical expertise, to transform health care, as we change the way our businesses and consumers engage with technology.

With a technology career at United Healthcare, you have an amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve peoples' lives. We are a top notch health care company that is driven by the latest technology enabling us to significantly improve the quality of health care and improve the lives of tens of millions. This is a unique opportunity for you to make an impact by utilizing your technical expertise to help people live healthier lives. This is where you will work with the best and the brightest and together make positive change a reality. This is where you will do your life's best work.
 
As an Android Mobile Application Developer, you are accountable for providing active development expertise (hands on) supporting both business and IT teams relative to mobile center of excellence (mCOE) and ICT expertise in support of strategic company initiatives. Will collaborate with UnitedHealth Group infrastructure services, application services and business partners to develop, document, implement, and monitor integrated, holistic and consistent enterprise mobile. This position offers the opportunity to join an emerging department that is working to dramatically improve the healthcare digital experience. 
 
Primary Responsibilities:


Continuous innovation, research and development
Participate in an Agile/Scrum methodology to deliver high quality software releases every week
Build mobile software that changes not just our business but the whole industry
Troubleshoot production support issues post release deployment
Handle smaller projects independently, including coordination with other teams and 3rd parties
Able to communicate clearly (both verbal and written), and provide explanation for complex concepts and interpretation of results

Required Qualifications: 


Bachelor’s Degree or High School Diploma/GED with 4+ years of development experience with application, software or equivalent development experience
2+ years proven experience in Android development
2+ years of experience in building both Native and Hybrid Apps
2+ years of experience with APIs and Capabilities Understanding with API access, handling RESTful APIs to connect to Android’s back end services, JSON, and XML
2+ years of mobile testing frameworks experience
Experience with Android SDK, different versions of Android, and working with different screen sizes
Experience with third-party libraries and APIs
Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle
Previous experience in a technical solution architecture role designing/evaluating architecture involving three or more of the following technologies or disciplines: Relational Databases, Distributed operating systems, Java or Windows.NET applications, Cloud infrastructure, Virtualization technology (VMWare, etc.), Middleware (i.e., JBoss, Web sphere or .net applications)
Preferred Qualifications:


Previous Healthcare industry experience
Previous experience working with enterprise application architecture design patterns and how they translate into infrastructure/security deployments
Previous experience with Agile methodology
Published at least one original Android apps to the app store
Previous experience working on how to build custom UI components
Familiarity with the use of additional sensors, such as gyroscopes and accelerometers
Previous experience reading data architecture and data model diagrams
Soft Skills:


Solve complex problems without a lot of guidance
Excellent consultative and communication skills, strong organizational, analytical, problem solving and interpersonal skills
Self-directed, self-starter, motivated and proactive
Excellent language and communication skills
Must be able to converse and establish rapport at all levels; a strong team player; can conduct customer workshops with business and IT stakeholders to validate requirements
Can assertively research the data landscape with minimal direction; a self-starter with great problem solving and situational analysis skills
Outstanding presentation skills, strong storyboarding and Power point skills
Must have a passion for big data
Highly detail oriented and a great task master
Must be a self-starter with the ability to work in an ambiguous environmentCareers at UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual. We all want to make a difference with the work we do. Sometimes we're presented with an opportunity to make a difference on a scale we couldn't imagine. Here, you get that opportunity every day. As a member of one of our elite teams, you'll provide the ideas and solutions that help nearly 25 million customers live healthier lives. You'll help write the next chapter in the history of health care. And you'll find a wealth of open doors and career paths that will take you as far as you want to go. Go further. This is your life's best work.
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.