Design, build, and deliver scalable, high-performance Java backend solutions integrating AI/ML features, event-driven architectures (Kafka), cloud-native deployments, and microservices. Lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, optimize performance, and ensure observability, CI/CD, and resilient distributed systems.
Requisition Number: 2334997
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.
Primary Responsibility:
Required Qualifications:
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.
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.
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:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in end to end software development with a solid focus on end-to-end solution development, delivering scalable, high performance modern applications, systems
- Hands on experience integrating AI/ML driven features into production systems, including data pipelines, model driven workflows, and optimization techniques
- Hands on experience with event driven architecture, Apache Kafka, messaging, and asynchronous processing
- Extensive experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, GCP) for building, deploying, and operating production grade applications
- AI/ML: Extensive experience building machine learning models, data pipelines, and deploying AI/ML-driven products, with practical knowledge of algorithms and optimization
- Solid experience with SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle) and NoSQL stores (MongoDB, Redis), including data modeling and query optimization
- Skills: Expert in modern programming languages Java+ react, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and AI/ML integration into production-grade applications
- Solid expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Batch, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate
- Demonstrated expertise in applications with multiple upstream and downstream dependencies, including service orchestration, resilience patterns, and failure handling
- Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, Git, Maven/Gradle, and modern testing methodologies. Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability using metrics, centralized logging, distributed tracing, and alerting
- Tools: Advanced proficiency with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), databases (SQL/NoSQL), and modern testing methodologies
- Proven ability to design and deliver enterprise level solutions aligned with business goals using microservices architecture, cloud native application development, and distributed systems
- Proven solid focus on performance tuning and optimization, including JVM tuning, database optimization, API latency reduction, and capacity planning
- Proven exceptional problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills, capable of collaborating across teams to solve complex technical challenges
- Leadership: Proven solid leadership abilities, managing cross-functional teams, providing mentorship to junior engineers, and overseeing project delivery from concept to deployment
- Solution Development: Proven track record of designing and delivering innovative, enterprise-level solutions that align with business goals and technical requirements, including AI-powered features
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.
Top Skills
Java,React,Aws,Docker,Kubernetes,Azure,Gcp,Apache Kafka,Postgresql,Mysql,Oracle,Mongodb,Redis,Spring Boot,Spring Mvc,Spring Batch,Spring Security,Spring Data Jpa,Hibernate,Git,Maven,Gradle,Ci/Cd,Jvm
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