Senior Software Engineer I

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop, enhance, and maintain Java based microservices
• Implement change requests end to end, including analysis, design, development, testing, and deployment
• Build and consume REST APIs to support application integrations
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely fixes
• Write efficient SQL queries and work with PostgreSQL databases
• Collaborate with product, QA, and architecture teams for solution delivery
• Use GitHub for version control, branching, and code reviews
• Apply basic Python skills for automation or small utility scripts
• Leverage foundational GenAI knowledge to support simple AI assisted tasks, documentation, or workflow enhancements
• Ensure code quality, performance, and adherence to development best practices
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• A developer experienced in microservices based application development and end to end change request implementation The role involves building new features, enhancing existing services, troubleshooting issues, and collaborating with cross functional teams
• Required Skills
  • Experience implementing and managing change requests
  • Basic Python knowledge
  • Basic understanding of GenAI concepts and tools
  • Java micro services development
  • REST API design and development
  • SQL and PostgreSQL
  • GitHub / version control
  • Solid debugging and problem solving skills

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.

Client-provided location(s): Chennai, India

Job ID: UHG-2341433

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-03-13T20:31:00