Software Engineer

Optum India; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum India is seeking a software engineer with 1+ year of IT experience to join our data-driven engineering team in Chennai. You will collaborate with business, product, and senior engineers to translate requirements into scalable designs.

You will build and evangelize data processing pipelines, contribute to platform quality, and help onboard new engineers. The role emphasizes agile practices and adherence to company policies while enabling flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field with 1+ year IT experience.
• Experience in two or more technologies: BigData, Spark SQL, Scala, .NET, API, React JS.
• Experience with SQL, PL/SQL or T-SQL.
• Cloud experience (Azure preferred) and AI stack like Azure AI Foundry, LangChain, RAG, Agentic AI.
• Experience with Python and GitHub.
• Experience collaborating with product management teams.
• Experience in Agile (scrum).
• Strong ability to meet deadlines and learn new technology.
• Software design experience using OO patterns, SOLID, and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Clarify business requirements with stakeholders and design effective technical solutions.
• Design and implement complex data processing pipelines in a fast-paced environment.
• Contribute across platform/products focusing on technology, team skills, processes, and quality.
• Mentor and onboard new engineers on code reviews and testing.
• Adhere to employment contracts and company policies, including transfers or shifts as needed.

Skills

BigData

Spark SQL

Scala

.NET

API

React JS

Python

GitHub

Agile (Scrum)

Object-oriented design

SOLID principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Azure

Azure AI Foundry

LangChain

RAG

Agentic AI

Job description

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

• Work with business, product management and senior engineering managers to clarify business requirements and provide effective technical designs aligning with industry best practices
• Evangelize and drive the design and implementation of complex data processing pipelines as part of a dynamic and fast-paced team
• Contribute across the platform, or products in areas like technology, team skills, process, shared components and quality
• Demonstrate ability to onboard new engineers with how to conduct code reviews, how to do testing, etc.
• 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 regard 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

• Bachelor's degree in technical field (full time) with Min 1+ years of IT experience
• Experience in two or more technology - BigData, Spark SQL, Scala, .NET, API, React JS
• Experience database technologies - SQL, PL/SQL or T-SQL
• Experience in Cloud (Azure preferred), and AI stack like Azure AI Foundary, LLM, Langchain, RAG, Agentic AI
• Experience in the following - Python, GitHub
• Experience working in highly interactive partnership with product management teams
• Experience working in Agile (scrum) environment
• Proven ability to meet deadlines, expand existing knowledge to learn new technology and process
• Flexibility to work across a variety of software-related disciplines-Software design experience using object-oriented patterns, SOLID, and other development principles

Preferred Qualifications

• Health care industry experience
• Exposure to BI tools, like Power BI

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.