[Hiring] Associate Software Engineer @UnitedHealth Group

Role Description

As an Associate Software Engineer within Optum Technology, you will be part of an innovative engineering team focused on building, scaling, and maintaining secure, cloud-native AI platforms and backend services. In this role, you will apply a structured, standard approach to software development, collaborating across teams to deliver high-quality code, automate workflows, and deploy AI-powered application features that drive organizational efficiency and transform customer experiences.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver scalable, secure, cloud-native AI platforms and backend microservices
• Own the end-to-end service lifecycle including design, development, deployment, performance tuning, and production support
• Define and enforce engineering standards, evaluation frameworks, and observability practices for backend AI systems
• Perform performance profiling, optimization, and reliability improvements across core applications and services
• Collaborate with product, architecture, security, and governance teams to ensure compliant, secure, and responsible deployment
• Execute software engineering activities across analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and maintenance with a focus on high quality
• Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools and techniques to streamline development workflows, automate common tasks, and drive continuous improvement
• Evaluate emerging tools, frameworks, and techniques to inform solution design and support strategic innovation

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software development experience
• 1+ years of experience building backend applications and microservices using Python
• 1+ years of experience with RESTful API development using frameworks such as FastAPI
• 1+ years of experience with version control and automated workflows using GitHub and GitHub Actions
• Demonstrated experience utilizing AI tools or techniques to automate tasks, improve workflow efficiency, or build application features

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
• 1+ years of experience with building AI agents, Generative AI, LLMs, Google ADK, Anthropic MCP, Prompt engineering, Evaluation frameworks, or Observability

Requirements

• *All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Incentive and recognition programs
• Equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)

Salary Information

The salary for this role will range from $60,200 to $107,400 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc.

Application Deadline

This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

Company Description

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. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes.

• Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
• UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.