Lead Software Engineer

Optum, the fast-growing part of UnitedHealth Group, is a leading information and technology-enabled health services business. Our teams are dedicated to modernising the health care system and improving the lives of people and communities.

Serving virtually every dimension of the health system, we work with a diverse set of clients across 150 countries – from those who diagnose and treat patients to those who pay for care, deliver health services, and those who supply the cures. Optum maintains operations across North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Our innovative partnerships provide technology and tools that enable unprecedented collaboration and efficiency. As a result, we can tap into valuable health care data to uncover insights and develop strategies for better care at lower costs.

About the Role:

At UnitedHealth Group and Optum, we want to make healthcare work better for everyone. This depends on hiring the best and brightest. With a thriving ecosystem of investment and innovation, our business in Ireland is constantly growing to support the healthcare needs of the future.

Our teams are at the forefront of building and adapting the latest technologies to propel healthcare forward in a way that better serves everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, we use the most advanced development tools, AI, data science and innovative approaches to make the healthcare system work better for everyone. Join us and do your life's best work

This position will require someone who likes a fast paced environment with new technologies, multiple existing platforms and tooling and interaction multiple cross functional groups.
Work collaboratively with technology and business teams including product owner and business SMEs to understand their needs for data and create an extract that satisfies Business requirements.

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

Primary Responsibilities:

· Design, build and implement automation processes for production release of data engineering, machine learning and business intelligence processes.

· Work collaboratively with technology and business teams including product owner and business SMEs to understand their needs for data and develop a solution that satisfies the Business requirements.

· Create data and solution architecture standards and processes.

· Collaborate with stakeholders to build data and digital vision and corresponding models that support development of a new product offering.

· Work with the Senior Engineering, Senior Data Architect and Product owner from definition of business rules to successful implementation

· Mentor junior resources to develop their architecture skills.

· Ensure data security implementations meet company requirements.

· Design, code, test, document, and maintain high-quality and scalable Big Data solutions.

· Analyze raw data sources, data transformation, structural requirements for new software and application.

· Migrate data from legacy systems to new solutions.

· Design conceptional and logical data model and flowcharts

· Define security and backup strategy for data solutions

· Design, build and implement real time / near real time data pipelines.

· Design and prototype data monitoring models for pipeline

· Write technical documentation.

You will be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Experience & Qualifications:

• Strong experience with data processing and SQL databases.
• Data Platforms and RDBMS, NoSQL, NewSQL and Streaming technology experience
• Proven experience in Data Integration Tools and Technologies
• Previous experience with Relational Databases (RDBMS) and Non - Relational Database.
• Previous experience in implementation of ETL applications, Data warehousing/ data modelling principles, architecture, and its implementation in large environments
• Working Knowledge on public clouds like Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and developing applications on Linux environments (Any Snowflake experience would be viewed positively) with practical experience
• Hands-on experience with related/complementary working in data warehouse; Experience with Kafka
• Experience with Spark in data processing and machine learning processes.
• Hands-on experience with related/complementary open-source software platforms and languages (e.g. Java, Angular, Scala Linux, Apache, Unix)
• Knowledge of DevOps tools and practices
• Experience with agile / scrum methodologies
• Experience with API technologies
• Exceptional soft skills - Analytical skills, Communication skills; Organizations and priority / time management skills; Ability to influence outcomes without authority; Strategic thinking; Results orientation; Ability to learn fast; Team work and collaboration skills
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker, designing, implementing and running data applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience leading technical teams
• Experience building OLAP Cubes·
• Healthcare industry knowledge and experience with exposure to EDI, HIPAA, HL7 and FHIR integration standards
• Data Virtualization tools and technology experience
• Experience with Data Quality and Data Security process, tools and technologies
• Experience with Metadata management and Data Catalog management process, tools and technologies
• Experience with Emerging Technologies, IOT integrations, Graph technologies

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: 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. © 2023 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.