Senior Full-Stack AI & Cloud Engineer — Remote

Optum; Eden Prairie (MN); On-site; USD 73,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Medical Plan

Dental, Vision

401(k)

Education Reimbursement

Employee Discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Referral Bonus

Voluntary Benefits

Job summary

Optum is seeking engineers to design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise applications across the AI Software Development Life Cycle (AI-SDLC). You will build scalable APIs and microservices, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and translate business needs into technical solutions using Java (Spring Boot), Python, and modern front-end frameworks.

Operate in cloud-native environments with Docker and Kubernetes (AKS), implement CI/CD with GitHub Actions, and manage data pipelines with

Qualifications

• 4+ years of API design, service integration, and backend system engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise applications across all phases of the AI Software Development Life Cycle (AI-SDLC).
• Build scalable, secure APIs and microservices aligned with enterprise standards.
• Design and implement cloud-native, AI-powered solutions with a focus on scalability and resilience.
• Collaborate with product owners and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into technical plans.
• Develop backend services using Java (Spring Boot) and/or Python; create maintainable code.
• Develop front end applications using React/Angular/Next.js; integrate RESTful APIs.

Skills

API design

Backend engineering

Java (Spring Boot)

Python

Frontend frameworks

Azure cloud

SQL

Docker

Kubernetes (AKS)

CI/CD (GitHub Actions)

Terraform

Data warehousing

RAG pipelines

LLM orchestration

AGILE/Scrum

Tools

GitHub Actions

Docker

Kubernetes

AKS

Terraform

Snowflake

Databricks

JFrog/Artifactory

Job description

Optum is seeking engineers to design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise applications across the AI Software Development Life Cycle (AI-SDLC). You will build scalable APIs and microservices, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and translate business needs into technical solutions using Java (Spring Boot), Python, and modern front-end frameworks.

Operate in cloud-native environments with Docker and Kubernetes (AKS), implement CI/CD with GitHub Actions, and manage data pipelines with