Safety Engineer

Entertainment Partners Inc; Iowa City (IA); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor program

Generous benefits

Flexible Iowa City schedule

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group in Iowa City seeks a mid-level Safety Engineer to design and maintain backend services using Flask and PHP. You will own critical components, review code, and automate routine tasks while collaborating with product teams to deliver features.

The role offers hybrid work, a clear ownership focus, and a competitive salary with generous benefits. Strong PostgreSQL skills and client-centric accountability are essential.

Qualifications

• Eagerness to learn new skills.
• Clear communication translating jargon into plain English.
• Accountable with ability to prioritize when urgency is claimed.
• Fluency in PostgreSQL and data concepts.
• Comfort in a hybrid work setting with client-centric outcomes.
• Strong written and verbal communication across channels.

Responsibilities

• Spike a Networking PoC quickly when needed.
• Design, build, and maintain backend services using Flask and PHP.
• Review PRs and uphold engineering standards.
• Automate Flask-related chores to save time.
• Collaborate with product and design to ship features end-to-end.
• Build PostgreSQL dashboards for metrics and visibility.

Skills

Communication

Prioritization

Hybrid work expectations

Client-centric

Tools

Flask

PHP

PostgreSQL

Job description

UnitedHealth Group is wiring up its next product line, and the Safety Engineer we hire in Iowa City, IA gets to choose half the tools. The offer reads simply — hybrid, $76,000 - $109,000, 4 years, and a mid-level role where ownership is not a perk but the point.

Key Responsibilities

• Spike a Networking proof of concept fast when UnitedHealth Group needs a yes-or-no answer
• Design, build, and maintain reliable backend services using Flask and PHP
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team
• Automate the manual Flask chores that quietly drain Iowa City, IA engineering hours
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
• Build PostgreSQL dashboards so UnitedHealth Group's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers

What You'll Bring

• A ruthlessly-focused attitude and eagerness to learn new skills
• A communication style that translates jargon back into plain English
• Reliable, accountable, and committed to following throughAn instinct for prioritization when everything is labeled urgent
• Fluency in PostgreSQL earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial
• Comfort being accountable for a client-centric outcome in a hybrid role
• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings

Long obsessed with Rust, UnitedHealth Group has turned an Iowa City office into one of the question‑everything centers of technology innovation in IA. We hire delightfully‑weird people, get out of their way, and let the PHP results speak.

Your offer at UnitedHealth Group: $76,000 - $109,000, a mentor, generous benefits, and the Iowa City, IA flexibility to grow on your own clock.

We bumped the date today, signaling this Safety Engineer search is ongoing.

Got 3 of technology experience itching for a new home? This is the door.