UnitedHealth Group Hiring for S/ware Engineering – Python, Django, Flask – Hyderabad at Hyderabad, India Full Time

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. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as we help advance health equity on a global scale. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits, a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, career growth opportunities and your life’s best work.(sm)

We are looking for an experienced Python developer to join our engineering team and help us create dynamic software applications for our clients. In this role, you will be responsible for writing and testing scalable code, developing back-end components, and integrating user-facing elements in collaboration with front-end developers.

To be successful as a Python developer, you should possess in-depth knowledge of object-relational mapping, experience with server-side logic, and above-average knowledge of Python programming. Ultimately, a top-class Python developer is able to design highly responsive web-applications that perfectly meet the needs of the client.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Coordinating with development teams to determine application requirements

• Writing scalable code using Python programming language

• Testing and debugging applications

• Developing back-end components

• Integrating user-facing elements using server-side logic

• Assessing and prioritizing client feature requests

• Integrating data storage solutions

• Coordinating with front-end developers

• Reprogramming existing databases to improve functionality

• Developing digital tools to monitor online traffic

• 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:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field

• 2 – 3 years of experience as a Python developer

• Expert knowledge of Python and related frameworks including Django and Flask

• Working knowledge of selenium with python

• A deep understanding and multi-process architecture and the threading limitations of Python

• Familiarity with server-side templating languages including Jinja 2 and Mako

• Ability to integrate multiple data sources into a single system

• Familiarity with testing tools

• Ability to collaborate on projects and work independently when required

Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.

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.

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