Senior Back End Engineer

Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Las Vegas
Posted on: March 17, 2023

Job Description:

Opportunities at Change Healthcare, part of the Optum family of businesses. We are transforming the health care system through innovative technology and analytics. Find opportunities to make a difference in a variety of career areas as we all play a role in accelerating health care transformation. Help us deliver cutting-edge solutions for patients, hospitals and insurance companies, resulting in healthier communities. Use your talents to improve the health outcomes of millions of people and discover the meaning behind: Caring. Connecting. Growing together.


Change Healthcare is a leading healthcare technology company with a mission to inspire a better healthcare system. We deliver innovative solutions to patients, hospitals, and insurance companies to improve clinical decision making, simplify financial processes, and enable better patient experiences to improve lives and support healthier communities.


Work Location:
Fully remote, - US


Positions in this function deep learning technologies to give computers the capability to visualize, learn and respond to complex situations. Adapts machine learning to areas such as virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, robotics, and other products that allow users to have an interactive experience. Can work with large scale computing frameworks, data analysis systems and modeling environments.


You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.


Primary Responsibilities:

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• Design and implement systems which assist users to review patient data and AI predictions, such as diagnosis, procedures, and treatment options. These systems are truly innovative with advanced collaboration and data management capabilities
  
• Lead elegant systems design and develop backend technologies to effectively review and approve AI predictions, and for data scientists and engineers to access the customer decisions with ease
  
• Design, build and launch backend solutions to power data intensive application, including workflow management, rule engine and APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that are fast, universally available, and supportable
  
• Collaborate with UX, product managers, and application developers
  
  
  
  You'll 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 provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
  Required Qualifications:
  
  
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  • MS degree in computer science or related field
    
  • 3+ years experience in Backend Development for Web Applications
    
  • Hands on experience in REST API design and development
    
  • Hands on experience with relational databases, such as PostgreSQL, and familiar with other non-relational Databases, such as Redis
    
  • Proven excellent coding experience in Python or other modern languages
    
  • Familiar with cloud technologies, preferably AWS stack technologies (Lambda, EC2, SQS and RDS)
    
    
    
    To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment
    
    
    Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.
    
    
    California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The salary range for California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island or Washington residents is $101,200 to $184,000. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
    
    
    ---All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
    
    
    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.
    
    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.

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