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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
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Designs and implements complex data-processing pipelines and software solutions in collaboration with business and product teams. Responsibilities include clarifying requirements, creating technical designs, contributing to platform and product quality, conducting code reviews, testing, onboarding engineers, and working in Agile environments. The role requires experience with Big Data technologies, databases, cloud platforms, AI tools, Python, GitHub, object-oriented design, and software development principles.
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Requisition Number: 2381721
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:
  • Work with business, product management and senior engineering managers to clarify business requirements and provide effective technical designs aligning with industry best practices
  • Evangelize and drive the design and implementation of complex data processing pipelines as part of a dynamic and fast-paced team
  • Contribute across the platform, or products in areas like technology, team skills, process, shared components and quality
  • Demonstrate ability to onboard new engineers with how to conduct code reviews, how to do testing, etc.
  • 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 regard 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 technical field (full time) with Min 1+ years of IT experience
  • Experience in two or more technology - BigData, Spark SQL, Scala, .NET, API, React JS
  • Experience database technologies - SQL, PL/SQL or T-SQL
  • Experience in Cloud (Azure preferred), and AI stack like Azure AI Foundary, LLM, Langchain, RAG, Agentic AI
  • Experience in the following - Python, GitHub
  • Experience working in highly interactive partnership with product management teams
  • Experience working in Agile (scrum) environment
  • Proven ability to meet deadlines, expand existing knowledge to learn new technology and process
  • Flexibility to work across a variety of software-related disciplines-Software design experience using object-oriented patterns, SOLID, and other development principles

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Health care industry experience
  • Exposure to BI tools, like Power BI

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.

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