Software Engineer - Raleigh, NC - Full-time / Part-time

There's no better time to bring your software engineering career to the health care industry.
 
You take pride in designing and developing solutions. And not just any solutions -- solutions that are scalable and can be used in the marketplace to make an impact on the lives of millions. 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 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)
 
The ideal candidate for this role will have strong technical and platform knowledge, including some or all of: Java (jdk 1.7 and 1.8)/JSE/JEE (JMS, JTA)/JSF/Angular JS, JBoss Application Server, SQL, Oracle, XML, XSLT, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, TCP/IP, HTTP, SOAP, REST, LDAP.
 
We utilize Java frameworks like Spring, Hibernate, Apache CXF and Document based NoSql (CouchDB, MongoDB).
 
Optum Technology is located at the heart of Raleigh's Midtown area in North Hills, at the 11th and 12th floors of a brand new high-rise building.
 
The space is designed to support and encourage the tenets of high functioning agile development teams. The space includes a variety of work environments and flexible work stations that will allow cross-functional teams to easily collaborate and innovate. We are leveraging what we learned from our existing agile locations, as well as industry benchmarking of progressive technology companies, to create a location that brings us into the future.
 
Primary Responsibilities:

Design and develop reusable software modules that meet customer requirements while upholding high standards of reliability, security, maintainability, and performance - and all such key Non Functional Requirements (NFR)
Make accurate development effort estimates to assist management in project and resource planning
Participate in peer reviews for designs, code, and other work products
Facilitate QA engineers in quality engineering automation
Write technical documentation and document designs to be followed by other developers
Keep skills up to date through ongoing self-directed training
Advise management on how products and processes could be improved

Required Qualifications:

3+ years of commercial development experience
Thorough understanding of agile software development methodology (Scrum) and industry best practices
Thorough understanding of fundamental software engineering and computer science principles: object-oriented design, structured design, databases, algorithms, data structures, usability, refactoring, debugging, and configuration management
Thorough understanding of service oriented architecture (SOA) concepts
Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent experience
Preferred Qualifications:

Healthcare industry experience
Experience with Agile/SAFe methodology
Advanced degree in a technical field
Experience with complete software development life cycle
Experience with interfaces, API
Experience with HL7
Experience with web based, multi-tenant applications and user interfaces
Familiar with Continuous Integration and Delivery processes
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.