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This position is responsible for leading and managing software definition, development, and delivery to support the operations arm of OptumRx’s fulfillment pharmacy division. The ideal candidate will be expected to serve as technical lead throughout the full software development lifecycle from conception, architecture definition, and detailed design to scoping, implementation, testing to documentation, software promotion, and ongoing maintenance.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Delivers complex systems to improve operational process by designing, developing, and installing software solutions
• Determines operational feasibility by evaluating data, problem definitions, requirements, and proposed solutions
• Develops software solutions by studying information gaps, conferring with users, and studying systems flows, data utilization, and work processes
• Investigates problem areas and inefficient processes
• Follows the software development lifecycle
• Documents and demonstrates solutions by authoring documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, and clear code
• Prepares and installs solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming
• Improves operations by conducting systems analysis and recommending changes in policies and procedures
• Intakes, procures, and licenses software by obtaining required information from vendors, recommending purchases, and testing and approving products
• Maintains data integrity by keeping information confidential and following industry and company standards
• Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service issues
• Accomplishes engineering and organizational mission by completing related tasks as needed

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: 

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• 2 years of experience in Software Engineering
• Proficient with C#
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation

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 OptumRx. We're one of the largest and most innovative pharmacy benefits managers in the US, serving more than 12 million people nationwide. Here you’ll fill far more than prescriptions. As a member of one of our pharmacy teams, you’re empowered to be your best and do whatever it takes to help each customer. You'll find unrivaled support and training as well as a wealth of growth and development opportunities driven by your performance and limited only by your imagination. Join us. There's no better place to help people live healthier lives while doing 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.

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