Senior 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 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 Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership:
  • Lead design, development, and deployment of Python-based applications, workflows, and data pipelines
  • Architect and modernize legacy ETL systems into cloud-native, scalable solutions
  • Define and enforce engineering best practices: coding standards, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and security
  • Guide system re architecture efforts to remove redundancy, reduce technical debt, and improve operational efficiency
  • Drive containerization and orchestration strategies using Docker and AKS
• Solution Delivery:
  • Own the end-to-end delivery of technical components across sprints and releases
  • Develop scalable batch processing and high-throughput data pipelines
  • Collaborate with DevOps to optimize CI/CD pipelines and ensure seamless deployments
  • Conduct performance tuning and optimization of Python services and SQL Server workloads
  • Lead root cause analysis for production incidents and drive permanent fixes
• Team Management:
  • Mentor and guide a development team, supporting continuous skill and career growth
  • Work closely with Product Owners, Architects, QA, and DevOps to align on requirements and delivery timelines
  • Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders
  • Participate in hiring and onboarding
• 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 regard 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
• Solid proficiency in Python for Data processing, Workflow orchestration, ETL and integration components and API and Batch development
• Deep understanding of ETL concepts including Data ingestion, transformation, validation, Large-scale batch processing, Error handling, recovery, and optimization
• Solid experience with SQL Schema design, Performance tuning and indexing ,Query optimization and execution plans and Migration strategies from legacy SQL workloads
• Knowledge of Azure architecture patterns
• compute: AKS
• Storage: Blob
• Security: Key Vault, RBAC, Managed Identity
• Hands-on experience deploying/maintaining services on Azure Kubernetes Service or any K8s and containerization
• Experience building and optimizing pipelines using Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions / Jenkins
• Knowledge in Modernization & Architecture:
  • Improve scalability and performance
  • Remove redundancy and complexity
  • Adopt cloud native patterns and microservices
  • Enhance operational efficiency

Preferred Qualifications:

• Azure certification
• Experience with FACETS (Claims, Provider, Membership modules)
• Healthcare domain exposure (HIPAA, EDI 837/835)
• Knowledge of Talend will be added advantage

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.