Sr. Software Engineer II

Software engineering is the application of engineering to the design, development, implementation, testing and maintenance of software in a systematic method. The roles in this function will cover all primary development activity across all technology functions that ensure we deliver code with high quality for our applications, products and services and to understand customer needs and to develop product roadmaps.

These roles include, but are not limited to analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, new development, operations and delivery. With every role in the company, each position has a requirement for building quality into every output. This also includes evaluating new tools, new techniques, strategies; Automation of common tasks; build of common utilities to drive organizational efficiency with a passion around technology and solutions and influence of thought and leadership on future capabilities and opportunities to apply technology in new and innovative ways.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Join a development team to perform all phases of software engineering including requirements analysis, application design, code development and testing

• Own the build/deploy/release process and find ways to automate and improve our pipeline at every step

• Design reusable components, frameworks, and libraries

• Review code and provide feedback relative to best practices and improving performance

• Participate in an Agile / Scrum / Kanban methodology to deliver high-quality software releases every 2 weeks

• Mentor and guide other software engineers within the team

• Develop reusable patterns and encourage innovation that will enable team velocity

• Collaborate on the design with other team members and product owners, both inside and outside the scrum team

• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure code developed meets coding best practices guidelines, unit testing, security, and scalability and maintainability guidelines

• 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:

• Graduate of Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience

• 10+ years of Software Engineering experience

• 5+ years of experience leading a team or mentoring junior developers

Technical Skills:

• Cloud: 5+ years of experience building and shipping production software in a scaled distributed environment in public cloud

• Databases: Experience with both relational and non-relational databases

• DevOps: Experience with Docker and CI/CD tools/services

• Proficiency with React and React Native or any JavaScript-based UI framework

• Version Control: Proficiency with Git and GitHub

• Tooling: Skilled in utilizing necessary tools to maintain quality code, optimized performance, and system efficiency

• Communication: Proven excellent technical communication skills with peers and non-technical colleagues

What we offer

• Market Total Rewards Package
• Retirement Plan
• Medical Plan (HMO) from Day 1 of employment
• Dental, Medical, and Optical Reimbursements
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Time-Off Benefits
• Sick Leave Conversion
• Tuition Fee Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Annual Performance Based Merit Increases
• Employee Recognition
• Training and Staff Development
• Employee Referral Program
• Employee Volunteerism Opportunity
• All Mandatory Statutory Benefits

Who we are

• Optum is the health care technology and innovation company of the UnitedHealth Group enterprise along with UnitedHealthcare. As part of a Fortune 5 enterprise, we are improving the health care experience of over 125 million people around the world.

• We're a diverse team with operations across North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. This includes our over 25,000 employees in the Philippines.

• Elevate your career with a leading health care company while improving lives.

If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, we'd love to hear from you Feel free to message us back.