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

Design, build, and operate scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for structured and semi‑structured data across internal and external sources
Develop cloud‑native data solutions on up-to-date data platforms (e.g., Databricks lakehouse, Snowflake)
Apply data modeling, transformations, and enrichment to produce trusted, analytics‑ready datasets
Ensure data quality, reliability, and auditability through validation, reconciliation, and monitoring
Implement and follow enterprise data governance,



security, and compliance standards
Optimize data workloads for performance, cost efficiency, and operational reliability
Support modernization efforts, including migration of legacy ETL pipelines to cloud‑native architectures
Partner with product, analytics, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into production‑grade data solutions
Enable downstream analytics, reporting, and AI/ML workloads through well‑designed data assets
Apply software engineering best practices, including CI/CD, version control, testing, and code reviews
Contribute to architectural discussions and mentor junior engineers
Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI
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

📌 Data Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Optum India
📍 Hyderabad