Senior Software Engineer, Optum Perks

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and IT stakeholders to build an understanding of systems and create infrastructure solutions to support APIs and frontends.
• Demonstrate a strong interest in infrastructure architecture and solution design.
• Recommend complex integrated solutions that fulfill business requirements and align with technology roadmaps.
• Design and develop systems in collaboration with business and IT stakeholders that focus on security and system stability.
• Contribute to defining technical road maps; identify technical improvement and refactoring opportunities.
• Ensure that all delivered solutions adhere to industry best practices for scalability, maintainability, usability, availability, extensibility, security, and portability.
• Work with geographically distributed Agile teams across the USA.
• Provide accurate and timely estimates for features, user stories, and tasks.
• Identify and implement innovative solutions to non-standard requests and problems.
• Participate in code reviews and adhere to best practices.
• Be aware of current security trends, tools, and requirements.
• Provide input to planning activities.
• Participate in rotational on-call schedules as needed.
• Work outside of standard office hours as needed and support night-time releases.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related field OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of cloud infrastructure experience in Azure.
• 4+ years of experience with terraform.
• 3+ years of experience as cloud architect.
• 3+ years of monitoring and alerting experience.
• 3+ years of working experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Software implementation and integration experience.
• Knowledge of best practices.
• Working knowledge of or experience with Agile development lifecycle.

Nice to Have

• Preferred Datadog experience.
• Experience with security and stability-focused cloud architecture.

Benefits & Perks

• Starting salary between $118,000 and $158,000, based on location, qualifications, and experience.
• Access to Udemy for Business.
• Health insurance coverage (medical, dental, and vision).
• Life insurance.
• Short and long-term disability insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Paid time off and holiday pay.
• 401(k) with match.
• Employee assistance program.
• Paid parental bonding benefit.
• Pharmacy benefits.
• Income protection plans.
• Pet services plans.
• Mental health support.
• Wellness coaching.
• HSA (Health Savings Account).
• Commuter benefits.
• Gym and fitness center discounts.