Java Software Engineer, Tech - Remote

Java Software Engineer, Optum Tech - Remote

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting‑edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care's most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives.

Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

This role is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and supporting critical rules application in production. The role requires solid engineering expertise, understanding of US Healthcare Insurance (nice to have), and hands on experience operating modern, cloud enabled systems  engineer will partner with architects, business operations, and interfacing application teams to deliver high quality, resilient, and secure software while ensuring the availability of systems in production.

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 a minimum of four days per week.

Full Stack Development:

• Developing and managing business rules in IBM ODM, including rule authoring, decision tables, and ruleflow maintenance
• Design and build REST and Graph
  
  QL APIs in Java
• Design and implement Kafka producers and consumers including schema design, partitioning strategy, and reliable message processing
• Setup and manage deployment pipelines using Git Hub Actions, including reusable workflows, environment secrets, and automated deployment rules
• Experience integrating JFrog Artifactory with CI/CD pipelines for storing, publishing, versioning, and promoting build artifacts
• Writing JUnit tests with high code coverage, ability to identify and remediate issues from static and dynamic code analysis tools (e.g., CodeQL, Sonar Qube, security scanners)
• Work with MySQL, including designing high performance database schemas optimized for high volume transactional workloads
• Perform system testing and end to end testing to ensure the delivery of high quality, resilient, and secure code to production, and provide support for production systems as needed
• Deploying services on Kubernetes based platforms (e.g., HCC K8s), including configuration, scaling, and troubleshooting
• Use observability and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Dynatrace, Zabbix, and Grafana to monitor logs, track application performance, analyze trends, and proactively identify issues
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including architects, Business users and operations
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussion, and agile ceremonies
• Support the application in production, ensuring availability, stability, and timely issue resolution
• Participate in PLM activities, ensuring compliance with organizational release governance and alignment with CI/CD and deployment lifecycle requirements
• Maintain detailed and up to date documentation for application features, system behavior, and associated security controls to support engineering and operational excellence

AI Tool Usage:

• Utilize AI‑powered development tools (e.g., Git Hub Copilot etc.) for code generation, refactoring, debugging, and documentation
• Apply AI tools to improve test coverage, code quality, and productivity
• Stay updated with emerging AI technologies relevant to software development

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.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in IT, with solid focus on application engineering and production operations
• Hands on experience designing, developing, deploying, monitoring, and supporting applications in production environments
• Proficiency with CI/CD platforms such as Git Hub Actions
• Solid…