Software Engineer

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible for analyzing, designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and continuously improving software solutions using an AI-first engineering approach that combines human expertise with AI-assisted development practices
• Translates product concepts into features, user stories, technical tasks, workflows, and automation opportunities that deliver incremental customer value with speed and quality. Partners with product owners, architects, stakeholders, and engineering teams to develop effective solutions, identify automation opportunities, and ensure delivered software meets standards for scalability, maintainability, usability, availability, extensibility, security, compliance, and portability
• Leverages AI-assisted tools and practices throughout the software delivery lifecycle to accelerate analysis, design, coding, testing, documentation, troubleshooting, and operational support while maintaining accountability for delivered outcomes
• Creates, maintains, and leverages reusable engineering assets, including skills, prompts, workflows, technical documentation, knowledge artifacts, AI agents, and MCP-enabled capabilities to improve productivity, consistency, and delivery quality. Ensures quality through peer reviews, automated testing, continuous integration and validation, performance testing, and user acceptance testing while continuously adopting emerging engineering and AI capabilities that improve software delivery outcomes.

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years Software engineering experience including requirements analysis, problem solving, software design, unit testing, and collaboration with business stakeholders
• 2+ years Experience developing backend solutions utilizing relational databases such as SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or equivalent technologies
• 2+ years Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools to support software development, testing, documentation, analysis, and/or operational activities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 2+ years of Java development experience
• Experience with AI-assisted development platforms such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, agent-based workflows, or similar AI engineering tools
• Experience creating reusable prompts, skills, workflows, automation assets, or AI-enabled engineering solutions
• Experience effectively using AI-assisted engineering tools while maintaining ownership of design decisions, code quality, testing, security, and production outcomes
• Experience working with continuous integration/continuous delivery tools and cloud-based engineering platforms such as Jenkins, XebiaLabs, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or similar technologies
• Experience with microservices architecture and Spring Boot-based solutions
• Healthcare industry experience, including knowledge of EDI exchange formats and regulatory requirements
• Experience in business systems analysis, requirements decomposition, and process automation
• Experience with Agile software delivery methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, or similar iterative development approaches in a collaborative, self-directed environment
• Experience with acceptance test-driven development and automated quality engineering practices
• Exposure to technologies such as DROOLS BRMS, Apache Spark, Python, React, Spring Framework, Cassandra, Kibana, streaming technologies, and AI/ML frameworks
• Experience contributing to repository readiness, documentation standards, knowledge management, or AI-enabled software delivery practices

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $72,800 to $130,000 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location, and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups, and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

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.

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