Software Engineer – Full Stack (Dublin or Letterkenny)
About the Role
Optum is a global organisation 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. You will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale.
In healthcare, evolution doesn’t just happen; it takes innovation, imagination and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning‑fast pace every day at Optum.
Location: Dublin or Letterkenny – a hybrid work model that allows you to split your monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home‑based office.
Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Primary Responsibilities
* Develop and maintain server‑side and client‑side applications using React/Next.js, TypeScript, and Python frameworks such as Django, Flask, or FastAPI, ensuring code quality, efficiency, and adherence to best practices.
* Ensure seamless integration of front‑end and back‑end components to deliver fully functional systems.
* Collaborate with UI/UX designers to create user‑friendly interfaces and ensure a seamless user experience.
* Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices architecture to facilitate communication between different components of the system.
* Develop data access layers and connect to relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., MySQL, MongoDB) for data storage, retrieval, and manipulation.
* Maintain and support CI/CD processes using GitHub Actions to test and build software artifacts.
* Assist with research, evaluate, and deploy new tools, frameworks and patterns to build a sustainable analytic platform.
* Identify gaps and opportunities for improvement of existing solutions.
* Be innovative in solution design and development to meet the needs of the business.
* Analyze and define customer requirements.
* Collaborate on prototypes, proofs‑of‑concept and design and code reviews.
* Write technical documentation and participate in production support.
* Keep skills up to date through ongoing self‑directed training.
Required Qualifications
* Proven industry experience as a Full Stack Developer.
* Proficient in React and its core principles, including hooks, state management, and component lifecycle.
* Knowledge in server‑side languages/frameworks such as Java (Spring Framework, Spring Boot) or Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask).
* Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, TypeScript/JavaScript.
* Experience with front‑end build tools and package managers.
* Experience with RESTful API design and implementation.
* Experience with microservices architecture.
* Background using relational databases (e.g., MySQL or PostgreSQL).
Preferred Qualifications
* Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience.
* Experience in developing applications on at least one major cloud platform (Azure preferred).
* Experience in messaging and streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka).
* Healthcare experience.
* Experience building data processing pipelines in a big‑data environment.
* Experience attending and participating in scrum agile ceremonies.
* Experience working with healthcare data.
Additional Information
Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.
All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
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. This commitment is reflected in our enterprise priority to mitigate our impact on the environment and deliver equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes.
Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug‑free workplace.
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