Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities.

Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities Review requirements and system analysis documents for completeness and translate them into clear technical tasks and designs

Contribute to design discussions and create documented designs following agreed upon patterns, standards, and best practices

Develop front end features using React (preferred), Angular, or TypeScript, ensuring responsive, scalable, and accessible UI components

Build and maintain back end services using Python (primary), FastAPI/Node.js, REST APIs, async processing, and secure API patterns

Integrate front end and back end systems with cloud hosted services across Azure, GCP, and AWS, following established deployment and configuration standards

Use Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and setting configuration practices to support reliable builds, deployments, and automation

Write clean, maintainable, and tested code; perform unit testing independently and support QE teams with defect fixes, deployment validations, and clarifications

Assist the QE team by promoting high quality code, helping with automation tests, and ensuring stable release readiness

Apply secure engineering practices including OAuth2, RBAC, session management, logging, and API security best practices

Demonstrate awareness of AI/ML integration by consuming inference APIs, understanding latency vs batch processing trade-offs, and working effectively with AI-enabled features

Use modern developer productivity tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) and adhere to proper source control workflows





Work with Deployment Leads and peer developers to support application deployments, environment readiness, and troubleshooting

Mentor junior developers when needed on coding standards, application knowledge, and best practices

Identify opportunities to fine-tune and optimize applications for performance, scalability, and maintainability

Communicate effectively with engineering peers, QE, and onshore teams to ensure alignment and smooth delivery

Ensure the delivery of all required technical artifacts for assigned work items and follow all company policies and directives

User Responsibilities

Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation by streamlining workflows and automating repetitive tasks

Evaluate emerging trends to drive continuous improvement and strategic innovation

Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications B.Tech / MCA / Msc / MTech (16+ years of formal education, Correspondence courses are not relevant)

8+ years of experience working with Java/J2EE technologies in full stack development

Hands-on experience with Core Java/ J2ee (Spring, Hibernate, MVC)

Hands-on experience with any of the IDE (IntelliJ/Eclipse/RAD etc.)

Hands on experience with Rest based web services





Hands-on experience with Angular JS/Node JS/React JS

Hands-on experience with with SQL queries and MySQL experience

Experience in Web services- Restful

Experience in using Junit/Spock

Experience working with the CI/CD and DevOps goal/initiatives

Experience of working in a global environment

Experience on Eclipse/IntelliJ Idea and JBoss

Testing experience in JUnit/Spock/Groovy

Solid Java programming (JDK1.8) experience

Good working knowledge in SPRING Framework & Spring MVC

Sound knowledge of SDLC processes

Thorough understanding of Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) concepts

Very good in development of applications using Spring Core, Spring JDBC, Rest Web services & MySQL DB

Proficient in use of application servers preferably Jboss

Proven excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills

Proven excellent communication and presentation skills

Proven excellent attitude and self-motivated Preferred Qualifications Experience in Jquery/JSP/HTML5/CSS

Experience working on Spring Boot, RabbitMQ & JBoss

Experience working on Microservices

Experience in Subversion, GIT & Maven

Experience of working in Agile environment

Experience of Code Quality Tools like Sonar, Checkstyle, Findbug Experience of working on DevOps and related toolsets Healthcare domain experience in Provider/Claim/Member Proven excellent written and verbal communication skills 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.

📌 Lead Full Stack Engineer - Java FSD (Bengaluru)
🏢 Optum India
📍 Bengaluru