Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optum is a global healthcare organization that uses technology to improve health outcomes and connect people with essential care, pharmacy benefits, and data. The Senior Software Engineer will integrate traditional engineering practices with AI readiness standards, build secure and resilient applications, establish software standards, and guide teams in addressing complex healthcare technology challenges.
Responsibilities
- Assess and interpret customer and technical requirements to identify solutions for non-standard requests and complex engineering challenges
- Develop, implement, and maintain AI readiness standards, tools, and best practices for product software engineering teams, including a standalone webapp with robust reporting capabilities
- Act as a subject matter expert on making code repositories AI-ready and provide guidance to teams on mitigating potential risks
- Educate and empower engineers to focus on solving unique business problems by reducing time spent on general software issues and rework
- Provide coaching, feedback, and technical guidance to team members with less experience
- Stay updated with developments in software development and engineering best practices to ensure team practices remain current and effective
- Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI
Skills
- • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- • 2+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
- • 1+ years of experience and the ability to guide, coach, and influence engineering teams on security and software engineering best practices
- • Demonstrated experience with object-oriented programming (OOP) principles and software dependency management
- • Experience with building custom reporting visualizations in a front-end web application
- • Experience with AI-assisted software development tools and technologies (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or Codex)
- • Experience developing and scaling engineering standards across multiple product teams
- • Excellent problem-solving skills with a focus on identifying and mitigating security and stability risks
- • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
Benefits
- Flexibility to telecommute from anywhere within the U.S.
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
- Career development opportunities
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