Senior Software Engineer II - Java, React and Cloud

Bangalore, Karnataka
Permanent
Full-time

14 days ago

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.Software engineering is the application of engineering to the design, development, implementation, testing and maintenance of software in a systematic method. The roles in this function will cover all primary development activity across all technology functions that ensure we deliver code with high quality for our applications, products and services and to understand customer needs and to develop product roadmaps.These roles include, but are not limited to analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, new development, operations and delivery. With every role in the company, each position has a requirement for building quality into every output. This also includes evaluating new tools, new techniques, strategies; Automation of common tasks; build of common utilities to drive organizational efficiency with a passion around technology and solutions and influence of thought and leadership on future capabilities and opportunities to apply technology in new and innovative ways. Generally work is self-directed and not prescribed.Primary Responsibilities:

Influences the team designs and solutions. Mentors software engineers through code reviews and hands-on design sessions
Contributes meaningfully to code reviews of teams’ work, providing collaborative guidance in areas of strength
Continues to receive guidance on own code reviews primarily around solution refinement rather than overall direction. Able to explain implementation decisions and push back appropriately
Learns from feedback and applies to future deliverables
Solves more complex problems. APIs/Data Structures/ Algorithms/Application sequences are thoughtfully designed. Solutions are well integrated, testable, maintainable, and performant
Appropriately leverages existing solutions and adapts for reuse
Leaves code in a better state than they found it
In alignment with sprint and program goals, choose refactor opportunities to drive down tech debt
Incorporates automation in test, build, and deploy processes to drive team efficiency
Introduces automation to replace repeated manual processes
Incorporates proactive monitors, logging, and alerting into the definition of done
Owns prioritization of technical debt discovered as part of ticket resolution
Threat modeling and analysis performed on delivered components
Understands most common security threats and patterns at both the application layer and infrastructure layers and delivers solutions devoid of them
Works with Product Management to ensure Stories are well worded, have appropriate acceptance criteria and are sized appropriately
Drives completion of deliverables that have dependencies on other people or teams ensuring an on-time completion
Helps to unblock the team when there a blockages
Limits work in progress by shipping features/deploying software often
Decomposes Features into manageable stories/tasks
Considers the User Experience, business impact, and solution objective when managing development and design of solutions
Understands the financial implications of software (cost and benefits for both engineering and operations)
Understands business/financial impact of stability and resiliency
Spends time with users and delivers initiatives that drive value and NPS improvements
Works with less structured, more complex issues
Serves as a resource to others
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

Eligibility
To apply to an internal job, employees must meet the following criteria:

SG 27 & SG 28 can apply

SG 27 will move to SG 28
SG 28 will move laterally
Performance rating in the last common review cycle of “Meets Expectations” or higher
Not be on any active CAP (Corrective Action Plan) or active disciplinary action
Time in Role Guidelines

Should have been in your current position for a minimum of 12 months, if you have not met the recommended minimum time in role, discuss your career interest with your manager and gain alignment prior to applying. And share the alignment email with respective recruiter while applying

Required Qualifications:

Graduated
8+ years of experience with agile development methodologies.
8+ years of experience with Test-Driven Development using automated testing frameworks
8+ years of experience in Java Programming (Strong Java Knowledge)
8+ years of experience ensuring code builds and deployments are properly processed through Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment processes built in Jenkins
5+ years of experience with RESTful backend microservices.
4+ years of working with modern Front-End technologies like React or Angular
4+ years of experience or exposure to cloud technologies such as OpenShift, AWS, Azure
1+ years of experience with Kafka Streaming
Experience in building Agents/Agentic Workflow

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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