Senior Software Engineer (Java) - Basking Ridge, NJ
Basking Ridge, NJ

Job Description

Optum is a company that's on the rise. We're expanding in multiple directions, across borders and, most of all, in the way we think. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about transforming the health care industry. Ready to make a difference? Make yourself at home with us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)

We are building the equivalent of Amazon Web Services for the healthcare industry. In doing so, we are changing a whole industry with our technology. If you are the kind of an architect that likes the idea of disrupting an industry with your technology expertise, then we need you on our team.

Do you take pride in designing and delivering solutions that make a difference in people's lives? Applications and services that are scalable and can be leveraged and reused in the global marketplace? Then Optum is the place for you! At Optum, you can bring your passion for innovation to an Agile environment where some of the smartest people you'll ever work with are working together to help disrupt the healthcare system with smart technology. We will make the health care system work better for everyone. When you join us Principal Architect, you'll have the opportunity to showcase your technical expertise, making historic transformation in health care and changing the way our businesses and consumers engage with technology. You will be challenged with architecting high quality software products to impact the health care industry for the better. Here, you'll work at a pace you didn't know you had in you, your performance will be rewarded and, at the end of the day, you'll know you're doing your life's best work.(sm)

Primary Responsibilities:

* Perform all phases of software engineering including requirements analysis, application design, code development and testing
* Design and implement product features in collaboration with business and IT stakeholders
* Design reusable components, frameworks and libraries
* Work very closely with architecture groups and drive solutions
* Participate in an Agile/Scrum methodology to deliver high-quality software releases every 2 weeks through Sprints
* Design and develop innovative solutions to meet the needs of the business
* Review code and provide feedback relative to best practices and improving performance
* Troubleshoot production support issues post-deployment and come up with solutions as required
* Mentor and guide other software engineers within the team

Required Qualifications

* 4 years in the software engineering within a Java platform.
* 3 years' experience with Spring Boot
* Experience in web services development - REST and SOAP services
* Experience with databases and basic schema development/design
* Experience with React/Angular JS
* Proven experience delivering software using an Agile/Scrum methodology

Preferred Qualifications

* Worked on AWS
* Experience on Zuul, Eureka etc

Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work.(sm)

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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