UnitedHealth Group / Optum is hiring a Sr. Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain critical applications. This role focuses on cloud migration, security, performance monitoring, and leveraging AI/AIOps to enhance the software development lifecycle. We are committed to our mission of helping people live healthier lives and making the health system work better for everyone.

What You'll Do

Design, develop, and maintain applications.
Monitor, log, and analyze application performance to suggest alerting mechanisms.
Conduct vulnerability assessments and implement fixes.
Partner with the development team to suggest proactive enhancements.
Develop and implement disaster recovery and data backup strategies.
Collaborate with development teams to enable CI/CD pipelines.
Conduct periodic access reviews and monitor user activity in production.
Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives for the application.
Advise on best practices for cloud security, reliability, and scalability.
Use AI tools to automate, optimize, and improve the software development lifecycle.
Implement AIOps for analyzing logs and metrics to enhance observability.
Participate in the development of prototypes and large-scale proof of concepts.
Maintain documentation around current application functionalities and security controls.
Identify opportunities to fine-tune and optimize applications of Java developed projects.
Work on PLM activities.
Partner closely with stakeholders and dependent applications to create alerts for failures.

What We're Looking For

Bachelor’s degree (or higher).
8+ years of overall IT experience.
Experience with APIs (REST and SOAP) utilizing Java/JEE and Spring Boot Framework.
Experience with MySQL, MongoDB, RDBMS.
Experience with Open Source framework, mainly Spring Boot, SoapUI, Postman tools.
Experience with CI/CD Automation: Jenkins Pipeline, GitHub Actions etc.
Experience with DevOps /Cloud technologies: Docker Container, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure.
Understanding of Firewall rules, Load Balancer (F5), API Gateway.
Experience with Messaging platforms such as IBM MQ, Kafka.
Experience and solid understanding of security such as OAuth Tokens, SSL Certificates.

Technical Stack

Languages & Frameworks: Java/JEE, Spring Boot
APIs: REST APIs, SOAP APIs
Databases: MySQL, MongoDB, RDBMS
Tools: SoapUI, Postman
CI/CD: Jenkins Pipeline, GitHub Actions
DevOps/Cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure
Infrastructure: F5 Load Balancer, API Gateway
Messaging: IBM MQ, Kafka
Security: OAuth, SSL

Benefits & Compensation

Salary Range: $91,700 to $163,700 annually.
Comprehensive benefits package.
Incentive and recognition programs.
Equity stock purchase.
401k contribution.

Work Mode

This is a remote-first position within the U.S. There are specific in-office requirements for employees located in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. areas.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.