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. OptumCare 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. OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Senior Big Data Software Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
Not specified
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
Optum Insight is improving the flow of health data and information to create a more connected system. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
- Design, code, test, document, and maintain high-quality and scalable big data solutions
- Research, evaluate, and deploy new tools, frameworks and patterns to help build a sustainable big data platform
- Identify gaps and opportunities for improvement of existing solutions
- Define and develop APIs for integration with various data sources in the enterprise
- Translate customer requirements into solution design
- Make accurate development effort estimates to assist management in project and resource planning
- Collaborate with management, quality assurance, architecture, and other development teams
- Write technical documentation and participate in production support
- Participate with prototypes as well as design and code reviews
- Keep skills up to date through ongoing self-directed training
The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who can learn things quickly, who is enthusiastic and actively engaged. 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.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of hands-on software development experience
- 5+ years of development experience with Java or Scala, Python, JSON, Web Services
- 2+ years of experience in distributed systems technologies like Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Snowflake
- 3+ years of experience in relational databases (SQL)
- Experience with Agile/SCRUM methodology
Requirements
- Experience in infrastructure services on at least one major cloud platform (Azure preferred)
- Experience developing rules in rules engine
- 2+ years of experience in Kafka streaming
- 2+ years with NoSQL databases (Cassandra preferred)
- 2+ years working with Docker and Kubernetes
- Thorough understanding of service-oriented architecture (SOA) concepts
- Experience defining and developing APIs for integration with various data sources in the enterprise
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)
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.
Job Requirements
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
- 6+ years of hands-on software development experience
- 5+ years of development experience with Java or Scala, Python, JSON, Web Services
- 2+ years of experience in distributed systems technologies like Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Snowflake
- 3+ years of experience in relational databases (SQL)
- Experience with Agile/SCRUM methodology
- Experience in infrastructure services on at least one major cloud platform (Azure preferred)
- Experience developing rules in rules engine
- 2+ years of experience in Kafka streaming
- 2+ years with NoSQL databases (Cassandra preferred)
- 2+ years working with Docker and Kubernetes
- Thorough understanding of service-oriented architecture (SOA) concepts
- Experience defining and developing APIs for integration with various data sources in the enterprise
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)
- 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.
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