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 perks, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive advantages 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, develop, test, deploy, monitor and maintain production software across APIs, services, applications, data workflows and cloud-native components
Apply AIDLC practices to specify outcomes, plan technical approaches, decompose work into executable tasks, implement solutions and validate results across the full delivery lifecycle
Use enterprise-approved AI-assisted development tools for requirements analysis, solution design, coding, refactoring, code review, documentation,



test generation and release-readiness activities, with human accountability for all production outputs
Develop secure, maintainable code using up-to-date engineering principles, design patterns, data structures, algorithms and object-oriented or functional techniques
Implement CI/CD pipelines, version control, automated builds, static analysis, dependency and security scanning, deployment controls and rollback strategies
Design for operational excellence by adding telemetry, structured logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, health checks and runbooks, and diagnose production issues and perform root-cause analysis
Collaborate with product, architecture, quality, security, data, platform and operations partners to clarify requirements, manage dependencies and deliver incremental business value
Modernize legacy components, automate manual workflows and create reusable engineering assets

📌 Senior Software Engineer I Tamil Nadu
🏢 Optum India
📍 Tamil Nadu