Job Description
Project Details: Coaching Platform offers Preventive Programs to the participants for better health. These programs include Weight Loss Program, Living with Diabetes, Quit for Life, Digital Wellness Coaching. Platform has web portal, mobile Apps and BE Infrastructure to support all the programs.
Primary Responsibilities:
As part of our Optum Digital Coaching team, in this role you will play a significant part in solutioning, designing, and developing digital software components used across multiple member-facing portals. You will work in Agile Scrum environment, collaborating closely with the business product management and members of a global engineering team. You will apply your skills in a highly dynamic, innovative, forward-thinking environment that follows industry best practices and fosters engineering culture.
A qualified candidate is a seasoned engineer with solid Scala development experience, advanced knowledge of modern frameworks, strong software integration experience and experience with defining technical solutions. He/she will develop application code hands-on and collaborate with the Platform Architect and stakeholders to define innovative digital solutions. Day-to-day responsibilities include:
* Collaborate with product and IT stakeholders to build understanding of systems or RESTful APIs involved in integrations
* Demonstrate strong interest in application architecture and solution design
* Recommend complex integrated solutions that fulfill business requirements and align with technology roadmaps
* Design and develop product features in collaboration with business and IT stakeholders
* Contribute to defining technical road maps; identify technical improvement and refactoring opportunities
* Ensure that all delivered solutions adhere to industry best-practices for scalability, maintainability, usability, availability, extensibility, security, and portability
* Work with geographically distributed Agile teams
* Work with product owners, product managers, and other stakeholders to groom & solution features
* Provide accurate and timely estimates for features, user stories, and tasks
* Identify and implement innovative solutions to non-standard requests and problems
* Participate in code reviews and adhere to best practices
* Be aware of current security trends, tools, and requirements
* Provide input to planning activities
* Participate in rotational on-call schedules as needed
* Work outside of standard office hours as needed and, on occasion, support night-time releases
Required Skills & Experience
Required Skills:
1. 5+ years of hands-on experience with Object Oriented Programming Language such as Scala, Java, C# and modern back-end development frameworks, such as Play, Spring
2. 3+ years of experience with REST APIs and MicroServices
3. Minimum 2 Years of Scala Experience
4. Bachelor's or equivalent degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field
5. Software solutioning and integration experience
6. Minimum 1 year of Working experience with CI/CD pipelines
7. Minimum 2 years of Experience with Relation Databases.
8. Good written and oral communication Skills.
Of the required skills listed, which would you consider the top 3? Please list your expectations regarding years of experience for each requirement. - a) 5+ years of hands-on experience with Object Oriented Programming Language such as Scala, Java, C# and modern back-end development frameworks, such as Play, Spring b) 3+ years of experience with REST APIs and MicroServices c) Minimum 2 Years of Scala Experience
Preferred Skillset:
1. Full-stack engineering experience
2. Working knowledge of Agile development lifecycle and Atlassian Jira tool
3. Advanced communication skills; the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts
4. The ability to successfully manage work priorities in a dynamic, high-demand environment
5. Experience with github versioning tool
6. Experience with mokcing framework such as mockito
7. Experience with Message queue platform such as RabbitMQ, Kafka
8. Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
9. Experience with 3rd party APIs Integration
10. Experience with IntelliJ Code Editor
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.