Senior Full Stack Engineer

UnitedHealth Group; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group's Optum team in Hyderabad is seeking an experienced software engineer with strong Java/J2EE and React expertise to contribute to full‑stack development. You will work on scalable health-tech solutions, collaborating with global teams and adhering to coding standards and testing practices.

The role emphasizes DevOps, mentoring, and delivering technical artifacts across the SDLC in a dynamic, diverse environment. Strong communication and problem‑solving are essential for success.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Java/J2EE/React full stack development.
• Strong knowledge of Spring, Hibernate, MVC and REST services.
• Hands-on with IDEs (IntelliJ/Eclipse/VSCode) and unit testing (JUnit/Spock).
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps initiatives in a global environment.
• Proficient in SQL queries and PostgreSQL; solid OOAD understanding.

Responsibilities

• Review requirements and design documents for completeness.
• Develop and test software; mentor teammates when needed.
• Adhere to coding standards and deploy code with QE support.
• Contribute to deployment activities and source control practices.
• Deliver technical artifacts and maintain SDLC compliance.
• Collaborate with onshore/offshore teams to ensure quality delivery.
• Support testing with defect fixes and automation where applicable.
• Communicate effectively with engineers, QE, and stakeholders.

Skills

Java/J2EE

React

Spring Framework

Hibernate

REST Web services

JUnit/Spock

CI/CD & DevOps

SQL / PostgreSQL

OOAD

Eclipse/IntelliJ/JBoss

Education

B. Tech / MCA / Msc / MTech

Tools

IntelliJ

Eclipse

VSCode

JBoss

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:

• Review of requirements and/or systems analysis documents for completeness
• Creation/involvement in documented designs following agreed to design patterns and standards
• Perform Coding and unit testing independently and assist/mentor his team members whenever required
• Adherence to coding standards
• Communicate effectively with other engineers/ QE and onshore team
• Support the QE team during testing via defect fixes, code deployment, clarifications
• Fully encourage and facilitate high quality code through of support QE team efforts including but not limited to mentoring, assistance, and writing/executing automation tests as needed
• Working with the Deployment Lead, peer developers to complete various project deployment activities
• Adhere to proper use of source control
• Responsible for ensuring delivery of technical artifacts for each project
• 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:

• B. Tech / MCA / Msc / MTech (Minimum 16 years of formal education, Correspondence courses are not relevant)
• 6+ years of experience working with Java/J2EE/React technologies in full stack development
• 6+ years of hands on with Core Java/ J2ee (Spring, Hibernate, MVC) and React
• Hands on experience with any of the IDE (IntelliJ/Eclipse/VSCode etc.)
• Hands on experience with Rest based web services
• Experience in Web services- Restful
• Experience in using Junit/Spock
• Experience working with the CI/CD and DevOps goal/initiatives
• Hands on experience with SQL queries and PostGres experience
• Testing experience in JUnit/Spock/Groovy
• Solid Java programming (JDK1.8) experience
• Experience of working in a global environment
• Experience on Eclipse/IntelliJ Idea and JBoss
• Good working knowledge in SPRING Framework & Spring MVC
• Thorough understanding of Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) concepts
• Good working knowledge in SPRING Framework
• Sound knowledge of SDLC processes
• Proven very good in development of applications using Spring Core, Spring JDBC, Rest Web services & MySQL DB
• Proven excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Proven good communication and presentation skills
• Proven good attitude and self-motivated

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.