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. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as we help advance health equity on a global scale. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits, a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, career growth opportunities and your life's best work.SM

The Software Development Engineer has advanced in-depth software programming and technical expertise in several disciplines or product lines. The SDET leads complex tests, tools design, development and white box testing. Analyze complex code changes for developing test strategy across several products in a highly efficient manner using innovative approaches. The SDET Participates in software architecture design. Often serves as a technical resource to and mentors less experienced personnel. Possesses advanced debugging, development, and test automation code tools review skills. Often leads projects.

If you live in the state of Texas, you will have the flexibility to telecommute* as your take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Leads or conducts complex technical analyses to design and implement test software (unit test/automation) for software applications, system architectures, framework or software test tools that achieve desired functionality for several products, systems and software applications
• Leads or executes the full scope of complex software engineering, technical assignments that involve advanced in-depth analysis, programming / evaluation / white box testing. Analyze code changes to developing test strategy
• Software developed typically impacts one or more products / projects / processes or major portions of same
• Leads or develops innovative software engineering / technical solutions and designs that meet design specifications and that may result in software engineering advances in features and functionality of CHC products
• Solves or leads the solution of software engineering / technical problems in creative, highly resourceful and effective ways
• Determines and/or selects out-of-the-box software engineering / technical design solutions for assigned products / projects / processes
• Decisions and actions often influence the work of other team members, other teams, some management decisions and some business processes or customer outcomes
• Often participates in and reviews software project estimates
• Designs, codes, unit tests, white box tests, debugs software and writes or participates in code documentation
• Participates in a few assigned tasks comprising software test engineering for projects from products and customer requirements to functional specifications to coding to unit testing and debugging to software acceptance and release
• May collaborate with development in the design of products to ensure instrumentations are in place allowing to automate the testing and, more in general, to analyze the testability of the software
• Participate in code coverage/test coverage analysis to increase test coverage
• May participate in software design reviews
• Participates in contributing or contributes to new and modified software test designs and semi-complex software "fixes"

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:

• Undergraduate degree or 6+ years of QA equivalent experience
• Knowledge, Skills and Experience as in-depth knowledge of / skills in one or more of the content areas of:
  • Web Services
  • C, C++, C#, Java, J2EE, ASP
  • Automation testing frameworks.
  • Modern UI Framework testing
  • AWS/Azure Cloud services
  • SQL, Oracle, data warehousing- OBIEE
  • Operating systems
  • TCP/IP
  • Customer-focused software applications development
  • Software applications security
  • Regulatory/Compliance requirements as relates to software development
  • White box testing
  • Good resource / time management skills
  • Typically has 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering
  • Master's / bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
  • Has advanced in-depth proficiency in multiple relevant software engineering design processes

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

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.

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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