Associate Software Engineer II

Requisition Number: 2355761
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.
This role will contribute to the design, development, testing, and maintenance of cross platform mobile applications using React Native, working within established architectures and engineering standards.
This role involves collaborating closely with both onshore and offshore engineers, product partners, and designers to deliver high quality mobile features, integrating with backend services built on Node.js, TypeScript, and GraphQL, and supporting state management using tools such as Zustand.
The engineer will participate in agile development practices, contribute to code reviews and testing efforts, leverage AI assisted development tools to improve efficiency and quality, and continuously learn and apply best practices to support reliable, scalable mobile applications.
Primary Responsibility:

• 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:

• 2+ years of professional experience in software development, with exposure to mobile or front end development
• Hands-on experience with React Native or solid experience with React
• Experience building or consuming APIs using Node.js and GraphQL or REST
• Experience working in agile development environments with distributed or offshore teams
• Working knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript
• Familiarity with state management libraries (e.g. Zustand, Redux, or similar)
• Familiarity with GitHub Copilot and modern development workflows
• Proven solid communication skills and the ability to collaborate across time zones

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.