Remote Full-Stack Engineer: Healthcare Tech Impact

UnitedHealth Group; Tempe (AZ); Remote; USD 73,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group's Optum division is seeking a full stack engineer to design, develop, and maintain web applications across front-end and back-end components. The role emphasizes modern frameworks, APIs, databases, and collaboration with product managers, designers, and engineers. The position offers telecommuting flexibility within the U.S.

and opportunities to work on scalable, secure systems. It requires 3+ years of full stack experience and a strong foundation in REST/GraphQL APIs,

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience developing full stack web applications.
• 1+ years with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript) and a modern framework (React/Angular/Vue).
• 1+ years back-end development with Node.js, Python, Java, C#, or Ruby.
• 1+ years designing and consuming RESTful APIs or GraphQL.
• 1+ years database design with SQL/NoSQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB).
• 1+ years exposure to AI/ML concepts.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain front-end and back-end components of web applications.
• Build responsive UI features using modern frameworks (React/Angular/Vue).
• Develop server-side logic, APIs, and microservices to support functionality.
• Design and optimize database schemas and queries across relational or NoSQL databases.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to translate requirements.
• Write clean, tested code and participate in code reviews to ensure quality.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues across the stack in dev and prod.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and follow best practices for version control and testing.
• Ensure security, scalability, and performance with proactive monitoring and optimization.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and propose improvements.

Skills

Full stack development

Frontend frameworks

Backend development

REST/GraphQL APIs

SQL/NoSQL databases

AI/ML concepts

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Job description

UnitedHealth Group's Optum division is seeking a full stack engineer to design, develop, and maintain web applications across front-end and back-end components. The role emphasizes modern frameworks, APIs, databases, and collaboration with product managers, designers, and engineers. The position offers telecommuting flexibility within the U.S.

and opportunities to work on scalable, secure systems. It requires 3+ years of full stack experience and a strong foundation in REST/GraphQL APIs,