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Richardson TX USA
In-Office
92K-164K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Big Data • Healthtech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software • Analytics
The Role
The Senior Software Engineer will design and support scalable APIs using .NET collaborate with stakeholders and ensure software reliability in an Agile environment.
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Requisition Number: 2341037
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.
The Senior Developer designs builds and supports scalable internal and external-facing API solutions using the .NET technology stack. This role partners with product owners users and engineering peers to deliver secure reliable and maintainable software in an Agile environment with strong focus on architecture testing performance and production support.
You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Soft Skills:
*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets education work experience certifications etc. In addition to your salary we offer 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 us you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91700 to $163700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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.
UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race national origin religion age color sex sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local state or federal laws rules or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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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.
The Senior Developer designs builds and supports scalable internal and external-facing API solutions using the .NET technology stack. This role partners with product owners users and engineering peers to deliver secure reliable and maintainable software in an Agile environment with strong focus on architecture testing performance and production support.
You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Design develop and maintain highly scalable internal and external-facing APIs using .NET Core / ASP.NET Web API
- Collaborate with product owners and users to evaluate requirements by analyzing business needs system workflows data points and integration boundaries with other enterprise applications
- Translate requirements into well-structured technical designs API contracts and implementation plans with attention to scalability performance and maintainability
- Develop and maintain unit and integration tests for new features and add tests to legacy code where necessary to reduce risk and improve coverage
- Ensure code configurations and deployments support scalability resiliency and operational readiness in production environments
- Support production users by monitoring services investigating incidents and resolving ticketed issues; provide root-cause analysis and preventative fixes
- Perform code reviews and contribute to defining and enforcing coding standards best practices and consistent design patterns across the team
- Participate across the full development lifecycle-from concept and design through implementation testing deployment and post-release support
- Actively participate in Agile ceremonies (daily standups planning refinement retrospectives) to communicate progress risks and dependencies
- Continuously improve technical skills by staying current with modern development tools programming techniques and engineering practices
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of professional software development experience with strong backend/API focus
- 5+ years of experience with the .NET technology stack including C# ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web API / .NET Core
- 5+ years of experience with database design and writing complex T-SQL queries (SQL Server or equivalent)
- 5+ years of experience writing unit tests and integration tests and maintaining testable code
- 5+ years of experience and hands-on application of SOLID principles and clean coding practices
- 5+ years of experience with modern web application and service design patterns such as Clean Architecture and/or Vertical Slice Architecture event-driven design and asynchronous processing
- 5+ years of experience working in an Agile environment using Scrum or Kanban
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with observability/monitoring tools and production support practices (alerting dashboards log analysis
- Experience designing secure APIs (authentication/authorization OWASP considerations rate limiting input validation
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated quality gates
Soft Skills:
- Self-motivated able to work in minimal direction and able to manage multiple priorities effectively
- Strong analytical problem-solving and critical thinking skills
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets education work experience certifications etc. In addition to your salary we offer 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 us you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91700 to $163700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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.
UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race national origin religion age color sex sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local state or federal laws rules or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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HQ: Eden Prairie MN
160000 Employees
Year Founded: 2011
What We Do
Optum part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses 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. At Optum we support your well-being with an understanding team extensive benefits and rewarding opportunities. By joining us you’ll have the resources to drive system transformation while we help you take care of your future. We recognize the power of connection to drive change improve efficiency and make a difference in health care. Join a team where your skills and ideas can make an impact and where collaboration is key to creating technology that produces healthier outcomes.
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