Lead Software Engineer

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Job description

Careers at Rally Health, part of the Optum and UnitedHealth Group family of businesses. Our mission at Rally® is to empower individuals to take control of their health through personalized, data-driven health care information and recommendations that lead to better outcomes. We leverage our digital platform and leading-edge technology to make health care data accessible wherever and whenever people need it, all while ensuring safety and reliability. Here, you'll help people find the right doctors, give them a clear breakdown of costs, incentivize them to stay focused on their overall health with daily goals, and help them earn rewards such as discounts on a wide range of goods as well as bonuses for reaching fitness objectives. As part of our Rally® team, you'll have the opportunity to drive change with an innovative healthcare technology company that is dedicated to creating a culture of healthy living. Help us bring real change to healthcare and you'll experience what it's like to do your life's best work.(sm)

Responsibilities-

• Develop database models using SQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB
• Communicate on software design with Core and Security teams leadership
• Manage code changes using Git and GitHub
• Perform code review using GitHub. Architect and develop identity and authorization solutions for both web and mobile applications
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including development, code reviews, testing and production
• Work with product managers to understand the features, do technical assessment and costing, design, code, test and deliver
• Support live-site with production debugging and track down causes and fix them in systematic ways
• Build scalable and secure systems
• Write production quality code

Requirements-

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience.
• BS in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical role or equivalent experience
• 4+ years' experience with Java or C# and interest in learning Scala
• 1+ years of experience with distributed systems and application design in a SOA environment
• 2+ years of experience with production debugging and to track down causes and fix them in systematic ways.
• Knowledge of high-scale performance and optimization tools and techniques
• Knowledge of database concepts (both NoSQL and RDBMS)
• Knowledge of computing concepts including API design, creating, fault tolerance, available and scalable distributed systems, multithreaded programming, performance tuning, and security
• Knowledge of building concurrent & distributed applications using frameworks like Akka
• Knowledge of messaging frameworks and distributed event streaming platforms.
• Good knowledge of continuous integration and delivery using CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of deploying, scaling and managing containerized applications with Kubernetes.

Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and im9prove people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work. SM

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.