Lead Full Stack Engineer JD

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 agreedupon patterns, standards, and best practices.
- Develop frontend features using React (preferred), Angular, or TypeScript, ensuring responsive, scalable, and accessible UI components.
- Build and maintain backend services using Python (primary), FastAPI/Node.js, REST APIs, async processing, and secure API patterns.
- Integrate frontend and backend systems with cloudhosted services across Azure, GCP, and AWS, following established deployment and configuration standards.
- Use Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and environment 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 highquality 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 batchprocessing trade-offs, and working effectively with AI-enabled features.
- Use modern developer productivity tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) and adhere to proper sourcecontrol 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.

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

8-12 years of experience working with Java/J2EE technologies in full stack development





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

Good working knowledge in SPRING Framework & Spring MVC

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

Hands on with Rest based web services

Hands on with Angular JS/Node JS/React JS

Hands on with SQL queries and MySQL experience

Testing experience in JUnit/Spock/Groovy

Solid Java programming (JDK1.8) experience

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.

Good working knowledge in SPRING Framework.

Experience in Web services- Restful

Experience in using Junit/Spock.

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

Should possess sound knowledge of SDLC processes.

Proficient in use of application servers preferably Jboss

Experience of working in a global environment.

Experience on Eclipse/IntelliJ Idea and JBoss.

Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills

Good communication and presentation skills

Good 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 will be plus

Experience of working on DevOps and related toolsets will be a plus

Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills

Healthcare domain experience in Provider/Claim/Member

📌 Lead Full Stack Engineer (Healthcare Domain) (Bengaluru)
🏢 Optum
📍 Bengaluru