Senior Software Engineer - Remote

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.

The Provider Education (PE) product engages with providers to increase billing compliance and reduce medical costs. Our analytics team works with our business partners to support data ingestion, analytic processes identifying non-compliant billing submissions, and then identifying practitioners for education on proper claims submissions.

Software engineering is the application of engineering to the design, development, implementation, testing and maintenance of software in a systematic method. The roles in this function will cover all primary development activities across all technology functions that ensure we deliver code with high quality for our applications, products and services and to understand customer needs and to develop product road maps.

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Relevant analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, new development, operations and delivery
• Conduct data extraction that may include analyzing, reviewing, trending and presenting information, based on provided requirements, to support analytic development
• Analyze healthcare claims from different data sources and identify the data integrity issues. Conduct analyses of data elements within existing source data mart schemas
• Evaluating new cloud tools, new techniques, and strategies
• Automation of common tasks; build of common utilities to drive organizational efficiency with a passion around technology and solutions
• Influence of thought and leadership on future capabilities and opportunities to apply technology in new and innovative ways
• Generally, work is self-directed and not prescribed. Work with less structure and on more complex issues
• Serves as a resource/mentor for others

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.

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in Azure Cloud environment, including Azure Data Factory (ADF), Databricks, and orchestration tools
• 2+ years of experience developing with PySpark, Spark, and Python for big data processing
• 2+ years of experience in data analysis, data modeling, and ETL/ELT pipeline development
• Solid proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases such as MySQL and Snowflake

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with VS Code and GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted development
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology
• Knowledge of healthcare compliance standards (HIPAA)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment strategies
• Proven exposure to AI/ML best practices for data engineering and automation
• Proven unit testing for data pipelines using PyTest
• Proven databricks expertise: cluster management, job optimization, and Delta Lake
• Proven performance tuning for Spark jobs and distributed data pipelines

*All employees working remotely 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 $89,900 to $160,600 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

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.