Senior Software Engineer (Java Full stack)

Optum is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Java Full Stack) to design, build, and operate secure cloud platform services and software. The role develops scalable solutions, collaborates across engineering and business teams, and supports reliable delivery through testing, code reviews, DevOps practices, and performance troubleshooting.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate secure cloud platform services and software that meet business requirements
• Demonstrate experience with the full development life cycle for large-scale software products, including extensive knowledge of service-oriented architectures, design patterns, data, and web services
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with other engineers and offshore/global teams
• Understand product, project, and consumer priorities and follow Agile methodologies to deliver features within the specified timeline
• Independently perform coding and unit testing, and assist/mentor team members as needed, including conducting code reviews
• Adhere to code quality standards, development best practices, and deliver defect-free code
• Partner with the business and enterprise architecture team to understand requirements and design/develop end-to-end solutions
• Practice agile solution delivery and influence teams towards engineering best practices, such as DevOps, CI/CD, and everything-as-code
• Understand performance parameters, debug, fix application performance issues, and address/resolve operations tickets within guided SLAs

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or IT related field
• 6+ years of experience in large-scale distributed system development, including hands-on operational experience
• 6+ years of experience in applying object-oriented principles and recommended design patterns to create robust and scalable system designs
• 6+ years of hands-on experience with Java/J2EE (preferably Java 17 and above), Spring Boot, REST Web Services
• 4+ years of experience working with Microservices and Event-driven architecture like Kafka
• 3+ years of experience/knowledge on Docker/Kubernetes
• 3+ years of expertise with Junit or any other test framework
• 2+ years of experience in automation of CI/CD and source control systems such as Git
• 2+ years of experience working with Postgres SQL or any other similar Database
• 2+ years of experience with Cloud environments and architecture, preferably Azure
• 2+ years of engineering experience in building infrastructure using code (Terraform) and repeatable designs
• 1+ years of AI experience, working on developing AI/LLM models and leading AI teams in past
• Experience with ReactJS
• Expertise with JUnit, TestNG, or any other test framework. JUnit test cases and knowledge of the DevOps toolchain
• Healthcare domain background
• Proven solid troubleshooting skills