Design, develop, and enhance high-performance, secure Salesforce applications (APEX, LWC, Visualforce) with integrations, reporting, QA support, deployment, and post-deployment production support.
Requisition Number: 2373609
Senior Software Engineer - 2373609
EMPLOYER: Optum Services Inc.
JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer
LOCATION: 1 Optum Circle, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (Telecommuting available from anywhere in the U.S.)
DUTIES: Design, develop, and modify highly specialized computer applications to drive Optum user efficiency; ensure computer applications meet demanding standards for privacy and security as required by strict internal policies and industry-specific regulations; create efficient, high performance enhancements to these proprietary Optum applications to address and achieve specific customer goals; design, develop, and implement new technology features that build on existing functionality, including but not limited to integrating with new technology; ensure compliance with Optum's software development life cycle protocols and ensure project priorities are recorded and satisfied according to those protocols, raising any risk factors to the appropriate project management team; constantly improve functionality, reliability, testability, availability, latency, scalability, and efficiency of applications; adhere to version control, release management, and deployment protocols to distribute new functionality to the user base; satisfy data accessibility standards by ensuring all electronic information and technology is fully usable by people with disabilities; facilitate all quality assurance protocols, including user acceptance testing, by quickly resolving issues and providing all required metrics and data; design and develop reporting as needed to summarize and analyze Optum application functionality; ensure these proprietary applications satisfy rigorous internally-defined technical requirements for performance, resiliency, availability and scalability; collaborate with solutions users to build, extend, and enhance applications that accelerate efficiency and innovation across the organization; and provide post deployment support and to quickly respond to and resolve unexpected service problems in production. Telecommuting is available from anywhere in the U.S.
REQUIREMENTS: Employer will accept a Master's degree in Computer Science, or a related field and 24 months of experience in the job offered or in a software engineer-related occupation.
Experience must include:
* Salesforce development and design;
* Salesforce APEX and Triggers;
* Data modeling and integrations(REST);
* Lightning Web Components (LWC);
* Visualforce pages;
* SOQL;
* Data loader and Workbench;
* Salesforce Reports and Dashboards;
* Workflow, process builder and flows;
* Security controls and Data Modeling;
* Exceptions and Error handling;
* Changesets;
* Custom Objects;
* ALM;
* Service Now; and
* Postman
RATE OF PAY: $106,579 - $195,174 / per year
Please apply via careers.uhg.com and search for job #2373609
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
UnitedHealth Group offers a full range of comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental and vision, as well as matching 401k and an employee stock purchase plan.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Senior Software Engineer - 2373609
EMPLOYER: Optum Services Inc.
JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer
LOCATION: 1 Optum Circle, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (Telecommuting available from anywhere in the U.S.)
DUTIES: Design, develop, and modify highly specialized computer applications to drive Optum user efficiency; ensure computer applications meet demanding standards for privacy and security as required by strict internal policies and industry-specific regulations; create efficient, high performance enhancements to these proprietary Optum applications to address and achieve specific customer goals; design, develop, and implement new technology features that build on existing functionality, including but not limited to integrating with new technology; ensure compliance with Optum's software development life cycle protocols and ensure project priorities are recorded and satisfied according to those protocols, raising any risk factors to the appropriate project management team; constantly improve functionality, reliability, testability, availability, latency, scalability, and efficiency of applications; adhere to version control, release management, and deployment protocols to distribute new functionality to the user base; satisfy data accessibility standards by ensuring all electronic information and technology is fully usable by people with disabilities; facilitate all quality assurance protocols, including user acceptance testing, by quickly resolving issues and providing all required metrics and data; design and develop reporting as needed to summarize and analyze Optum application functionality; ensure these proprietary applications satisfy rigorous internally-defined technical requirements for performance, resiliency, availability and scalability; collaborate with solutions users to build, extend, and enhance applications that accelerate efficiency and innovation across the organization; and provide post deployment support and to quickly respond to and resolve unexpected service problems in production. Telecommuting is available from anywhere in the U.S.
REQUIREMENTS: Employer will accept a Master's degree in Computer Science, or a related field and 24 months of experience in the job offered or in a software engineer-related occupation.
Experience must include:
* Salesforce development and design;
* Salesforce APEX and Triggers;
* Data modeling and integrations(REST);
* Lightning Web Components (LWC);
* Visualforce pages;
* SOQL;
* Data loader and Workbench;
* Salesforce Reports and Dashboards;
* Workflow, process builder and flows;
* Security controls and Data Modeling;
* Exceptions and Error handling;
* Changesets;
* Custom Objects;
* ALM;
* Service Now; and
* Postman
RATE OF PAY: $106,579 - $195,174 / per year
Please apply via careers.uhg.com and search for job #2373609
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
UnitedHealth Group offers a full range of comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental and vision, as well as matching 401k and an employee stock purchase plan.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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