Senior Software Engineer

Improve the lives of others while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Job Description – Senior Software Engineer (2357473)

Senior Software Engineer – 2357473

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. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities.

Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Aikyam is the most advanced “Identity as a Service” Platform within United Health Group that is aimed to provide a central and universal user identity for identifying and authenticating a user in the healthcare domain. It is built upon open standards like OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0 Web SSO etc. It is a highly available, reliable and scalable service hosted in public cloud.

We enjoy the trust of large customers in healthcare industry and government services with operations across United States of America.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office for a minimum of four days per week.

• Contribute to system design and implement approved architecture and design patterns to ensure scalable and efficient Identity Platform solutions
• Build and operate cloud‑native, containerized identity services with strong focus on scalability, resiliency, and operational excellence
• Ensure all solutions comply with enterprise IT principles, security standards, and healthcare regulations (HIPAA, TEFCA, CMS Interoperability)
• Apply security controls directly within application code and service design through secure coding, threat modeling, and defense‑in‑depth practices
• Participate in intake discussions, solution design, and support estimation activities for identity platform enhancements
• Own the design and implementation of complex features from requirements through development, testing, deployment, and production support
• Collaborate with solution engineering, development teams, partners, and vendors to maintain a coherent and consistent approach to design, implementation, and integration
• Contribute to logging, monitoring, alerting, and operational dashboards to ensure reliability, performance, and security of identity services in production
• Provide hands‑on technical guidance, including reference implementations, reusable design patterns, and best‑practice guidelines
• Integrate AI and ML capabilities into identity workflows for adaptive authentication, fraud detection, and risk‑based access control
• Design and implement AI‑driven security analytics to detect anomalies, predict threats, and automate incident response in large‑scale environments
• Research and adopt proactive AI‑based security strategies, such as anomaly detection, threat modeling, and autonomous policy enforcement
• Incorporate conversational AI and NLU into identity platforms for guided user experiences, troubleshooting, and self‑service authentication flows
• Adhere to established AI governance, security, and compliance standards
• Design, develop, and deploy AI‑powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or IT related field
• 6+ years of hands‑on technical experience in implementing secure enterprise applications using any one of cloud technologies like Azure, AWS or GCP
• 5+ years of experience with programming languages, frameworks like Java and Springboot. Building
  
  RESTful Web Services and Microservices
• 5+…