Associate Software Engineer I

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity 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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Basic, structured, standard approach to work
• 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:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience 2+ years of IT experience
• 2+ years RESTful Web API Development
• 2+ years of .NET Framework, .NET Core, .NET development using C#, Entity Frameworks
• 2+ years of experiences managing source code with Git, Azure DevOps (TFS), or similar
• 2+ years of Test-Driven development and Unit Testing
• 2+ years working with MS SQL databases and SQL Stored Procedures
• 2+ years creating engineering diagrams including sequence, software, system, and architectural diagrams 2+ years working in Agile Scrum and/or Kanban teams. Experience story/work breakdowns and story estimation
• 2+ years of Azure services development including Azure Security and Identity Management Services (Application Gateway, WAF, Azure AD, API Management, Key Vault), Azure Storage Services (Table storage, Blob Storage, Queues, Azure SQL), Azure App and Cloud Services, Azure Development Services (ARM Temples)
• 2+ years of software development using design patterns
• 2+ years responsive, mobile-friendly web application and UI Development
• 2+ years of HTML, TypeScript/Javascript, and either Angular or ReactJS
• Experience in event-driven, micro-services software development Mobile-first web/UI development experience with Angular or React Additional Languages: Typescript/Javascript Frameworks / Technologies: Node, .NET, Azure Services, Material UI, SignalR, Bootstrap, SQL
• Demonstratable knowledge of secure programming techniques and OWASP Top 10
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within and across teams
• Demonstrated solid written and verbal communication skills showing an ability to interface with business stakeholders and engineers

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.