Senior Software Engineer I

UnitedHealth Group

  • Hyderabad, Telangana
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month 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.Primary Responsibilities:
  • Provide end to end solution for the business requirements. Consult with Product Owner, Scrum Master, Subject Master Expert and business users to evaluate business requirements, evaluate existing or proposed systems, and prepare detailed technical design document from which programs will be written
  • Walk-thru the technical design document with PO/SM/Agile team members and business users
  • Review the details design & develop or modify the existing batch or online modules programs
  • Prepare test planning & setup test data. Prepare test automation. Execute test planning based on project requirements
  • Ensuring timely deliveries for all assigned tasks
  • Participation in Design reviews, Test Case reviews, and Production Support readiness reviews for new releases
  • Support QA, UAT and Release phases of the project via defect analysis, change maintenance, etc.
  • Adhere to all quality requirements
  • Be able to work independently
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize AI and machine learning initiatives
  • Manage the development and deployment of AI and machine learning solutions
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest AI and machine learning technologies and trends
  • Analyzes and investigates
  • Provides explanations and interpretations within area of expertise
  • 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:
  • 8+ years of software development experience with 5+ years focused on Java or J2EE software development, including Java, Spring framework, multi-threading, caching techniques, software engineering best practices, and performance optimization of services using memory management, garbage collection, CI or CD systems such as Jenkins, and code management tools like GitHub. Java full stack (API backend heavy)
  • 6+ years of professional software development experience on the Java platform
  • 3+ years of DevOps and CI/CD: Familiarity with CI or CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git, Artifactory, Fortify Scan, SonarQube), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible), and monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog
  • 3+ years of experience in API and Integrations: Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar technologies
  • 3+ years in performance optimization: Expertise in optimizing high-traffic, real-time payment processing systems for latency and throughput
  • Hands-on experience in AI and drive the development of innovative AI and machine learning solutions
  • Experience in banking/financial/healthcare domain
  • Experience in deploying applications on public cloud infrastructure
  • Experience designing and developing data-driven applications using RDMBS (Oracle, PL or SQL) and/or NoSQL datastores
  • Experience in AI/ML engineering or related fields
  • Solid background in designing RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and service-oriented architectures
  • Expertise in various AI/ML techniques, such as deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision, recommender systems, reinforcement learning, large language models, etc.
  • Proficiency in Python, R, or other programming languages for data analysis and AI/ML development
  • Proven flexibility to work across a variety of software-related disciplines: solution design, agile development, unit testing and refactoring
  • Proven excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex AI/ML concepts and results to technical and non-technical audiences
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.

UnitedHealth Group