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.** **Primary Responsibilities:** · Design, implement and maintain Java application within all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) · Develop, test, implement and maintain application software working with established processes · Communicate effectively with other engineers and QA · Establish, refine and integrate development and test environment tools and software as needed · Identify production and non-production application issues · Identify opportunities to fine-tune and optimize applications of Java developed projects · Provide technical support and consultation for Java application and infrastructure questions Serve as a mentor to less experienced Developers **Required Qualifications:** · Proficiency in applying object-oriented principles and recommended design patterns to create robust and scalable system designs. · Data Model design and implementation for solutions from high level requirement · Strong experience developing web applications on the Java platform (Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Web Services). · Experience with front-end technologies like Angular and ReactJ · Experience with Micro services. · Strong knowledge of RDBMS and experience working with SQL Server/Oracle and No SQL including writing complex join queries and SQL query tuning · Ability to independently troubleshoot problems and zero in on the likely root causes for Sev1 production issues · Exposure to complete software product lifecycle encompassing requirements analysis, prototyping, architecture, design, development, testing and deployment. · Experience in providing technical guidance and inculcating engineering best practices within development teams. · Experience with DevOps Tools like Jenkins/XL Deploy. · Experience in conducting design and code reviews. · Proactive in identifying and escalating potential risks and impediments and coming up with alternative solutions **Nice to have** · Experience with Cloud based technologies such as Docker, Mesos, Kubernets, AWS, Openshift or similar container technologies · Experience working in teams following Agile development methodologies (Iterative, Scrum, SAFe, Kanban). · Define and drive improvements in the overall quality including automation, code coverage and inspection processes. · Should be able to do POC on emerging tech stack. · Experience with Linux or UNIX platform _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._