Senior Software Engineer – Java, Spring Boot, AWS Unitedhealth Group

Skills / Requirements

• Agile
• AI-assisted Development
• AI/ML Concepts
• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud-native Development
• Design Patterns
• DevOps
• Docker
• Generative AI
• Github Copilot
• Java
• Kafka
• Microservices
• NoSQL
• Object-Oriented Design
• REST API
• Spring Boot
• SQL
• Vibe Coding

Why Apply

This role is ideal for those leveraging AI tools like GitHub Copilot and enterprise AI platforms to enhance productivity and code quality. You'll use AI to automate testing, code reviews, and troubleshooting, aligning with modern AI-first development practices.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll design, develop, and maintain scalable Java applications and microservices, focusing on RESTful APIs using Spring Boot. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you'll integrate AI solutions, contribute to CI/CD pipelines, and support innovation initiatives in AI-enabled applications.

Pay and Career Growth

The role offers comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities within a global organization. You'll work in an inclusive culture that values diversity and innovation, with a focus on AI-driven engineering practices.

Benefits and Perks

• Career Development
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Inclusive culture
• innovation initiatives

Is This Role Right for You?

Original Job Description

Requisition number: 2370128

Job category: Technology

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable Java-based applications and microservices

Build and enhance RESTful APIs using Spring Boot and modern software design principles

Collaborate with product owners, architects, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions

Participate in end-to-end software development lifecycle activities, including design, development, testing, deployment, and production support

Develop cloud-ready applications following security, scalability, and reliability best practices

Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps processes to improve deployment efficiency and operational excellence

Troubleshoot application issues and perform root cause analysis for production incidents

Participate in code reviews and promote engineering best practices within the team

Leverage AI-powered engineering tools to improve productivity, code quality, testing, and documentation

Support innovation initiatives focused on automation, intelligent workflows, and AI-enabled solutions

AI Builder Expectations

This role places a strong emphasis on AI adoption and innovation. The selected candidate will be expected to:

AI-Powered Engineering

Utilize AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, M365 Copilot, and enterprise AI platforms to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, and documentation

Apply AI-first development practices to improve software delivery speed, quality, and team productivity

Use AI to generate test cases, automate code reviews, optimize code quality, and accelerate troubleshooting

Building AI-Enabled Solutions

Partner with senior engineers and architects to design and implement AI-powered application capabilities

Contribute to solutions leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI, Agentic AI, intelligent search, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) patterns

Build integrations between enterprise applications and AI services through APIs and microservices

Help develop intelligent user experiences, recommendation capabilities, conversational interfaces, and workflow automation solutions

Innovation & Continuous Learning

Stay current with emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and industry trends

Evaluate new AI tools and recommend innovative ways to improve engineering efficiency and business outcomes

Participate in hackathons, innovation initiatives, proof-of-concepts, and AI adoption programs

Share AI learnings and best practices with peers and broader engineering teams

Responsible AI Development

Build AI-enabled capabilities following enterprise standards for security, privacy, compliance, and responsible AI usage

Ensure AI integrations are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with healthcare industry requirements

What Success Looks Like

Delivers quality software while effectively leveraging AI to improve engineering productivity

Demonstrates curiosity and hands-on experimentation with AI technologies

Identifies opportunities to automate repetitive engineering activities

Contributes to the development of intelligent, AI-enabled business solutions

Acts as an advocate for AI-driven engineering practices across the team

AI Builder Responsibilities:

Use GenAI tools (Copilot, Claude, Gemini AI) to ideate, prototype, and implement features efficiently

Apply Vibe coding techniques to maintain clean, expressive, and AI-augmented codebases

Develop internal tools and scripts using AI to automate repetitive tasks and improve productivity

Stay current with emerging GenAI trends, tools, and ethical considerations

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:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

3+ years of hands-on experience in Java application development

Solid experience with Spring Boot and Microservices architecture

Experience building and consuming REST APIs

Experience working with SQL and/or NoSQL databases

Experience with source control systems such as Git

Familiarity with Agile development methodologies

Good understanding of Object-Oriented Design, Design Patterns, and Software Engineering principles

Understanding of CI/CD concepts and DevOps practices

Proven solid analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills

Proven excellent communication and collaboration abilities

Preferred Qualifications:

Healthcare domain experience

Experience with Kafka or event-driven architectures

Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot

Exposure to AWS cloud services and cloud-native application development

Exposure to AI/ML concepts, Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI, or RAG-based applications

Familiarity with Docker and containerized deployments

Knowledge of observability tools such as Splunk, Grafana, Dynatrace, or New Relic

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.