Software Engineer - 2328448

Software Engineer - 2328448

EMPLOYER: Optum Services, Inc.

JOB TITLE: Software Engineer

LOCATION: 1 Optum Circle, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (Telecommuting available from anywhere in the U.S.)

DUTIES: Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs. Duties to include: responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of the software product; design and implement testing processes, contribute to the overall improvement of the development process; participate in the full life cycle of Agile projects with in-depth knowledge of SDLC and STLC processes and methodologies; collaborate closely with product owners, project managers, and product teams to groom and review functional requirements, add them to backlogs or iterations, estimate and prioritize features and user stories, identify gaps, report issues, document execution steps, and demonstrate and accept functional solutions, testing enhancements that address and achieve specific customer goals; adhere to version control, release management, and deployment protocols to distribute new functionality to the user base including conducting code reviews, opening pull requests, verifying security reports, and merging remote branch code into the master branch; identify bugs by following software testing strategies and report them in Rally by attaching them to respective iterations; participate in troubleshooting, investigating, and debugging sessions to resolve issues and deliver high-quality code to production users; conduct functional testing, regression testing, integration testing, API testing, smoke testing, sanity testing, and cross-browser testing; execute cross-browser testing by tracking application calls and verifying responses and response codes in browsers including Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, and Mozilla Firefox; create test data based on specific requirements; prepare testing sign-off documents and release checkout documents, and perform pre-production and post-production activities to ensure smooth deployments and operations. Telecommuting available from anywhere in the U.S.

REQUIREMENTS: Employer will accept a Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or a related field and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or in an Engineering-related occupation. Position requires two (2) years of experience in the following:
* Designing test cases in Rally for functional user stories with detailed descriptions using Gen AI and Story Craft tools;
* Developing automation scripts in an IDE like Intellij, Eclips, or VS Code utilizing the Page Object Model, Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG, and Maven, incorporating assertions, tags,
OOP concepts, database validations, and loggers;
* Performing data-driven testing and Application Programming Interface (API) testing using Postman (handling XML and JSON structures);
* Designing automation scripts within the Rest Assured framework using Java while ensuring comprehensive API validation of application portals across various environments (Test,
Stage, Release, and Production) with different application specific identifiers and user roles, statuses, and organizations;
* Integrating developed automated test suites with GitHub Copilot and GitHub repositories for version control and code management;
* Connecting GitHub repositories with Jenkins to execute automation test suites through scheduled jobs daily, generating comprehensive Allure reports to verify the presence of defects in
the designed functional applications;
* Performing database validations in MongoDB Compass using CRUD operations and queries, including functions like IN, NOT IN, SORT, WHERE, and EXISTS to ensure accurate data insertion, updates, and deletions;
* Using tools such as Rally, Postman, MongoDB, an IDE like Intellij, Eclips, or VS Code, Selenium WebDriver, Splunk, GitHub, and Jenkin to complete day to day QE activities; and
* Conducting Kafka event validations by executing producer and consumer calls in non-production environments and then validate these events and corresponding database updates by Making MongoDB queries and checking application logs in Splunk.

RATE OF PAY: $113,322.00.00 - $155,295.00/ per year

Please apply via careers.uhg.com and search for job #2328448

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care 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)

UnitedHealth Group offers a full range of comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental and vision, as well as matching 401k and an employee stock purchase plan.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.