Software Engineer (Full Stack) - Remote

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.

Opportunity for talented Software Engineer (Full Stack) to join to a strong, collaborative engineering team focused on innovation across the enterprise. You will contribute coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, new development, and delivery in an agile environment across the application stack and portfolio.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop full stack applications following an Agile development methodology in a team environment

• Comply with UHG software engineering practices standards and principles

• Implement solutions aligned to the enterprise strategy leveraging strategic tools/technologies, patterns, processes

• Identify opportunities to fine-tune and optimize applications, automation of common tasks, processes/system capabilities for continuous improvement as applicable

• Partner with teams to build robust, efficient, effective solutions

• Be collaborative working within a team of diverse skills

• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, architects, engineers

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other STEM discipline or 4 years of software development experience
• 3+ years of experience in software engineering including development with various technology platforms, tools, and environments
• 2+ years of development experience in Node JS
• 2+ years of experience with container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience with APIs / micro-services
• 1+ years of experience with CI / CD tools
• 1+ years of development experience utilizing Agile
• 1+ years of experience with cloud platforms

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with testing frameworks

• Experience with GitHub actions, Angular, React JS

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington residents is $70,200 to $137,800 per year. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

• All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

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.

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.