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.  

We are seeking a talented and motivated Data Engineer to join our growing data team. You will play a key role in building scalable data pipelines, optimizing data infrastructure, and enabling data-driven solutions.

Primary Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for batch and real-time data processing Build and optimize data models and data warehouses to support analytics and reporting Collaborate with analysts and software engineers to deliver high-quality data solutions Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across all systems Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines and infrastructure for performance and reliability Contribute to internal tools and frameworks to improve data engineering workflows 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 regards 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:

5+ years of experience working on commercially available software and / or healthcare platforms as a Data Engineer 3+ years of solid experience designing and building Enterprise Data solutions on cloud 1+ years of experience developing solutions hosted within public cloud providers such as Azure or AWS or private cloud/container-based systems using Kubernetes/OpenShift Experience with some of the modern relational databases Experience with Data warehousing services preferably Snowflake Experience in using modern software engineering and product development tools including Agile / SAFE, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, DevOps etc. Solid experience of operating in a quickly changing environment and driving technological innovation to meet business requirements Skilled at optimizing SQL statements Subject matter expert on Cloud technologies preferably Azure and Big Data ecosystem

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with real-time data streaming and event-driven architectures Experience building Big Data solutions on public cloud (Azure) Experience building data pipelines on Azure with skills Databricks spark, scala, Azure Data factory, Kafka and Kafka Streams, App services, Az Functions Experience developing RESTful Services in .NET, Java or any other language Experience with DevOps in Data engineering Experience with Microservices architecture Exposure to DevOps practices and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Docker) Knowledge of data governance and data lineage tools Ability to establish repeatable processes, best practices and implement version control software in a Cloud team environment

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.