Software Engineer

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology, to help millions of people live healthier lives. They are seeking a full stack Software Engineer to design, build, test, deploy, and support cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure, while collaborating in agile environments. The role involves developing web applications using modern technologies and ensuring operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build full stack web applications using Go (APIs, services, and server-rendered UI patterns) and HTMX for interactive UX with minimal client-side complexity
• Develop and maintain RESTful web services, ensuring reliability, performance, and secure-by-design implementation
• Implement UI patterns using HTMX + Tailwind (or similar) and collaborate with teams using React where needed (integration, shared components, migration/interop)
• Collaborate across teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions; contribute to architecture/design discussions and deliver iteratively in agile sprints
• Build and operate cloud-native workloads in Azure, leveraging platform services (e.g., storage, messaging, identity, secrets, serverless) to deliver scalable solutions
• Implement CI/CD and quality practices including automated testing and deployment pipelines; support production monitoring and incident triage
• Ensure operational excellence: logging/monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and secure handling of sensitive data (as applicable)
• Plan, prioritize, organize and complete work to meet established objectives
• Usage of AI Tools like GitHub Copilot, M365

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering
• 3+ years of experience in full lifecycle software development in an agile environment
• 2+ years of HTMX (or server-driven UI frameworks/patterns) for interactive web experience
• 1+ years of experience in Go (Golang) building services/APIs and web applications
• Familiarity with .NET / .NET Core services and patterns (integration, interoperability, or migration contexts)
• Familiarity with React and modern TypeScript front-end patterns (micro-frontends, component-based UI)
• Experience with Domain Driven Design, event-driven architecture, IaC/GitOps tooling (e.g., Terraform/Helm/Flux), Kubernetes fundamentals
• Observability and monitoring tools exposure (e.g., Splunk/Grafana/Prometheus/Dynatrace/App Insights)
• Knowledge of security best practices (OWASP) and awareness of regulated data handling concepts (HIPAA/PHI/PII) when applicable
• Knowledge of AI Tools like GitHub Copilot, M365
• Experience building and consuming RESTful web services and working with relational databases such as MS SQL / PostgreSQL (or similar)
• Working experience deploying/operating solutions in Microsoft Azure, including common Azure constructs (examples include storage, messaging, secrets, identity, functions)
• Familiarity with CI/CD, DevOps practices, and containerization/deployment across environments
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering and business stakeholders