Electrical Engineer - Ruby/Rails, Kafka & Azure | Flexible Hours

UnitedHealth Group; Stockton (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group in Stockton, CA is seeking an Electrical Engineer with strong Ruby on Rails and JavaScript skills to drive performance improvements and tooling. The role includes deciding between Django and in-house builds, building Azure-based tooling, and coordinating releases with teams in Stockton and remote locations.

The ideal candidate has 7 years in Rails, 5+ years in JavaScript, and a proven track record delivering high-performance web apps in a deadline-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 7 years of Ruby on Rails experience.
• 5+ years of JavaScript experience.
• Experience with modern web tooling (Webpack).
• Familiarity with Kafka-based data pipelines and tooling.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure or cloud tooling.

Responsibilities

• Shave milliseconds off the user-path in the Stockton stack.
• Reverse-engineer the existing Webpack format and document gaps.
• Evaluate and recommend new frameworks and Kafka libraries.
• Decide when to use Django vs. build it for the Stockton stack.
• Build Azure tooling to enable engineers to operate faster.
• Coordinate releases with Stockton and remote teams.
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Kafka.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

JavaScript

Webpack

Kafka

Azure

Tools

Django

Job description

UnitedHealth Group in Stockton, CA is seeking an Electrical Engineer with strong Ruby on Rails and JavaScript skills to drive performance improvements and tooling. The role includes deciding between Django and in-house builds, building Azure-based tooling, and coordinating releases with teams in Stockton and remote locations.

The ideal candidate has 7 years in Rails, 5+ years in JavaScript, and a proven track record delivering high-performance web apps in a deadline-driven environment.