Senior Software Engineer

Optum; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group in Hyderabad is seeking a Senior Salesforce Engineer to contribute to the Salesforce platform, integrations, and automation. You will implement Apex, LWCs, Visualforce, and REST/SOAP integrations while ensuring security and governance standards.

As part of an agile team, you will design scalable solutions, participate in CI/CD, code reviews, and deployments, and collaborate with architects, BA, QA, and admins to deliver high-quality health tech services.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of overall software development experience
• 3+ years of hands-on Salesforce development experience
• Solid experience in Apex
• Triggers
• Visualforce
• Lightning Components
• Lightning Web Components (LWC)
• Experience with Salesforce declarative tools: Flows
• Process Builder
• Workflow Rules
• Approval Processes
• Validation Rules
• Reports & Dashboards
• Experience with Sales Cloud, Service Cloud
• Experience/Community Cloud
• Experience with REST and SOAP integrations and API development
• Knowledge of Git, Salesforce DX, CI/CD, and release management processes
• Understanding of Salesforce governor limits and platform optimization
• Solid understanding of Salesforce security model: Profiles
• Permission Sets
• Roles
• Sharing Rules
• Field‑Level Security
• Proven solid analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Participate in Salesforce implementation, enhancement, integration, testing, and deployment projects
• Develop and customize Salesforce solutions using: Apex, Lightning Web Components (LWC), Aura Components, Visualforce, SOQL/SOSL, Triggers, Flows and Process Automation
• Configure Salesforce platform components including: Custom Objects, Validation Rules, Workflows, Approval Processes, Reports & Dashboards, Profiles and Permission Sets
• Design and support integrations with external systems using REST/SOAP APIs, Platform Events, middleware tools, and third-party applications
• Participate in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and release activities
• Prepare technical design documents, deployment plans, and development artifacts
• Perform unit testing, integration testing, debugging, and code reviews
• Support CI/CD, Salesforce DX, Git, and deployment activities
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement fixes and enhancements
• Collaborate with Architects, Business Analysts, QA teams, Administrators, and business stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with Salesforce best practices, security standards, and governance requirements
• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Skills

Salesforce Dev

Apex

LWC

Visualforce

SOQL/SOSL

REST/SOAP

Git

CI/CD

Agile

Analytics

Communication

Security model

Tools

Salesforce DX

Jenkins

Git

Postman

Job description

Improve the lives of others while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Job Description - Senior Software Engineer (2395800)

Senior Software Engineer - 2395800

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:

• Participate in Salesforce implementation, enhancement, integration, testing, and deployment projects
• Develop and customize Salesforce solutions using:
  • Apex
  • Lightning Web Components (LWC)
  • Aura Components
  • Visualforce
  • SOQL/SOSL
  • Triggers
  • Flows and Process Automation
  • Gather and analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions
• Configure Salesforce platform components including:
  • Custom Objects
  • Validation Rules
  • Workflows
  • Approval Processes
  • Reports & Dashboards
  • Profiles and Permission Sets
• Design and support integrations with external systems using REST/SOAP APIs, Platform Events, middleware tools, and third-party applications
• Participate in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, stand‑ups, retrospectives, and release activities
• Prepare technical design documents, deployment plans, and development artifacts
• Perform unit testing, integration testing, debugging, and code reviews
• Support CI/CD, Salesforce DX, Git, and deployment activities
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement fixes and enhancements
• Collaborate with Architects, Business Analysts, QA teams, Administrators, and business stakeholders
• Ensure compliance with Salesforce best practices, security standards, and governance requirements
• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of overall software development experience
• 3+ years of hands‑on Salesforce development experience
• Solid experience in:
  • Apex
  • Triggers
  • Visualforce
  • Lightning Components
  • Lightning Web Components (LWC)
• Experience with Salesforce declarative tools:
  • Flows
  • Process Builder
  • Workflow Rules
  • Approval Processes
  • Validation Rules
  • Reports & Dashboards
• Experience with Sales Cloud, Service Cloud
• Experience/Community Cloud
• Experience with REST and SOAP integrations and API development
• Knowledge of Git, Salesforce DX, CI/CD, and release management processes
• Understanding of Salesforce governor limits and platform optimization
• Solid understanding of Salesforce security model:
  • Profiles
  • Permission Sets
  • Roles
  • Sharing Rules
  • Field‑Level Security
• Proven solid analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Salesforce testing across Classic, Lightning, and LWC applications
• Knowledge of:
  • SQL
  • API Testing
  • Database Testing
  • Performance/Load Testing

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 committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or accommodation for any part of the application process, please call 1-866-566-8715 to be connected to Recruitment Services. Recruitment Services hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday.

UnitedHealth Group is a registered service mark of UnitedHealth Group, Inc. The UnitedHealth Group name with the dimensional logo, as well as the dimensional logo alone, are both service marks for the UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug‑free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.