Senior Software Engineer I

Requisition Number: 2346252
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.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Designing and developing enterprise software solutions that are scalable, resilient, and high quality
• Working with business analysts, project managers, and business customers to better understand the problem
• Developing re-usable components and frameworks to solve complex business problems
• Conduct code reviews and ensure that all solutions are aligned to pre-defined architectural specifications and coding best practices
• Ensuring there is a focus on delivering rich user experiences that meets user's needs
• Mentoring junior developers to help them grow and succeed
• Provide direction to junior developers, act as escalation point for questions or issues
• Driving the future technology, architecture, and methodologies used by the team
• Building influence outside of IT to help understand real world problems customers are having and be able to offer solutions
• Develops reusable patterns/services to solve business problems
• Utilize solid architecture skills to develop robust and supportable business solutions
• Participate in Architecture/Technical design sessions and Scrum ceremonies
• Be able to decompose the Epics to Features, Features into User Stories and User Stories into Tasks
• Monitor, debug, and refactor code to improve performance of software solutions
• Be able to read the current code and develop the system architecture and documentation for existing applications
• Develop documentation throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Performs technical analysis to identify and troubleshoot application code-related issues
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Mathematics, Engineering, or other technology related fields
• 6+ years of technical experience designing and developing large enterprise solutions using C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core, SQL Server, Entity Framework, micro services architecture, and domain driven design
• 5+ years of technical experience designing and developing web solutions using Angular, React, Kendo, NgRx State management
• Experience in building and deploying solutions in Azure
• Demonstrated experience with Agile methodologies
• Proven sense of initiative and "can-do" attitude are highly recommended to succeed in this position
• Proven ability to lead a team, and to build effective working relationships within team and across other IT groups, ability to work independently
• Passion to learn and grow both technically and professionally

Preferred Qualification:

• Exposure to DevOps

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.