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 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:
- Build Python based microservices and REST APIs at scale
- Develop intuitive, high performance React or Flutter user interfaces
- Use AI assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Codex, Microsoft 365 Copilot) as part of daily engineering workflows
- Review, validate, and refine AI generated code to meet Optum's quality, security, and compliance standards
- Architect and deploy solutions across AWS, Azure, and hybrid cloud environments
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment strategies (blue green, canary, rolling)
- Implement secure by design practices (authentication, authorization, encryption, secrets management)
- Collaborate with product, UX, data, platform, and security teams
- Mentor engineers and help scale AI assisted engineering best practices across teams
- AI Assisted Engineering
- Daily use of enterprise GenAI tools (GitHub Copilot, Codex, Microsoft 365 Copilot)
- Prompt engineering for code, tests, documentation, and research
- Reviewing and validating AI generated code
- Creating reusable AI instructions, workflows, or agents
- AI is not optional, it's part of how work gets done
- 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 shift
📌 Lead Full Stack Engineer (Chennai)
🏢 Optum
📍 Chennai