Principal Software Engineer - Oracle HCM Fusion Cloud

Optum India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum India in Hyderabad seeks a senior software engineering leader to drive integration programs across the data and API landscape. You will mentor engineers, remove roadblocks, and push modern engineering practices to deliver scalable, AI-enabled solutions.

You will collaborate with business partners, design robust data interfaces, and ensure quality through agile delivery and performance tuning. The role requires deep Oracle HCM and API experience, with a focus on responsible AI and value

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 10+ years of integration/interface implementation experience.
• 10+ years of Oracle HCM enterprise application implementation experience.
• 10+ years of hands-on SQL development experience.
• 5+ years delivering products in an Agile development framework.
• Experience with data integration technologies and tools such as HDL, HCM Extracts, and BICC.
• Extensive knowledge in developing and consuming APIs (SOAP, REST).

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership for the Integration capability team of software engineers and analysts.
• Drives the application of modern software engineering practices to improve team delivery.
• Leads team in identifying and implementing modern software components, tools and technologies.
• Establishes partnerships across business and technology stakeholders to solve the right problems.
• Owns the improvement of user and customer metrics within span of control.
• Coordinate improvement of agile development metrics including Time to Build and Time to Value.

Skills

Software engineering

Integration/Interface

SQL development

Agile methodology

APIs (SOAP/REST)

Oracle HCM Cloud

HCM data integration

Data modeling

AI project execution

Performance tuning

Tools

HDL

HCM Extracts

BICC

Job description

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

• Provides leadership for the Integration capability team of software engineers and analysts
• Clears roadblocks for the integrations team
• Collaborate with other leads on Data Externalization team, ensuring that the right types of tools (reports, interfaces, co-existence) are used to fulfill externalization requirements
• Develops a robust understanding of business, market, and customer needs and can leverage that knowledge to propose and drive new or improved solutions to business partners
• Drives the application of modern software engineering practices to improve team delivery and solution outcomes
• Applies broad knowledge of domain to optimize choices in architecture and design
• Leads team in identifying and implementing modern software components, tools and technologies
• Drives code reuse and contribution strategy for span of control; minimizes redundant development by use of pattern-based approaches
• Uses broad understanding of human capital technology tools both from a technical and functional perspective to partner with functional teams to deliver capabilities/solutions
• Establishes partnerships across business and technology stakeholders to ensure the right problems are solved in the right way to meet customer needs
• Owns the improvement of user and customer metrics within span of control
• Influences leadership and peers by sharing experience, learnings, and ideas
• Effectively communicates with business stakeholders and technical team
• Be able to understand and suggest opportunities of various technologies in the context of experience
• Work within an agile development/delivery framework
• Coordinate improvement of agile development metrics including Time to Build (TTB) and Time to Value (TTV)
• Proactively identify and drive the integration of AI to solve problems and unlock new opportunities for the team to build AI, aligning AI initiatives with broader business goals
• 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

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• 10+ years of integration/interface implementation experience
• 10+ years of Oracle HCM enterprise application implementation experience
• 10+ years of hands-on SQL development experience
• 5+ years of delivering products and value within an Agile-development framework
• Experience with data integration technologies and tools such as HDL, HCM Extracts, and BICC
• Solid understanding of data modeling, performance tuning, and debugging
• Familiarity with many technologies and shares this with others
• Understands the nuances of AI project execution, and focuses on delivering tangible, responsible AI-driven value
• Extensive knowledge in developing and consuming APIs (SOAP, REST)
• Solid expertise in Oracle HCM Cloud modules and architecture
• Proficient in developing and consuming APIs (SOAP, REST)

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.