Senior Data Engineer

Requisition Number: 2348637
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.
Come and join the Optum Insight (OI) Payer Data Intake (PDI) team on our mission to streamline the intake of our customer data reducing the strain on customers purchasing multiple services and helping our downstream teams by providing a canonical data model (CDM) for ingestion. On our team you will use the latest cloud and big data technologies and have many learning and career growth opportunities.
This position will be responsible working on customer pipeline implementations and participating in architecture and engineering initiatives.
You will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Implement customer workloads in transformation to CDM using Data Bricks
• Collaborate to continually innovate and improve the implementation process
• Perform code reviews with engineering team members
• Partner with Infrastructure engineers on roadmap
• 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.
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in CS or IT or engineering related field
• 5+ years of overall IT experience
• 2+ years of experience with Big Data Engineering using Data Bricks (Azure Preferred)
• 1+ years of experience in Public Cloud Engineering (Azure Preferred)
• 1+ years of CI/CD experience (Github preferred)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Functional Development Experience (Python, C#)
• Azure Architecture and Engineering using one or more of the following technologies (one or more Azure Functions, API Development, Service Bus)
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred)
• Experience with Azure Big Data - Scala, Spark, ADF

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 to $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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.
UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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