Technology
At UnitedHealth Group, we’re not just using technology to help millions receive care, we’re evolving it. From the most advanced development tools and methodologies to the highest levels of cybersecurity, we’re doing, sharing and learning new ways to make technology and health care work better every day. Join us and you’ll be challenged to do your life’s best work.SM
Software Engineering
This is an opportunity to bring your passion and skills to our strong and extensive technology team, impacting the lives of millions. Here you’ll find yourself revolutionizing commercial projects and services like telehealth tools and creating new tools to introduce into the health care market.It’s also the place where you’ll be pushed like never before.
The Closer You Look
Find out what it looks like to work at Optum.
Application Developer
- Our applications development team participates in all phases of software development life cycle.
Software Engineer
- In this role, you’ll build and deliver more than 100 commercial software products to our various businesses annually.
DevOps Engineer
- Drive the adoption of tools and processes to support our evolution into a DevOps model.
Business Systems Analysis
If you want to spend some time working with some of the smartest people around, join UnitedHealth Group. But get ready, because Systems Analysis opportunities here are flat out intense. We can offer you a pace and a sense of achievement that you have never experienced before.
Making an Impact
Explore the different ways data is used within our company and discover some of the projects our data scientists contributed towards. Learn More
Get To Know Optum
System Analyst / System Analysis Management
- Guide customers to embrace a new point of view by shaping what the health care system looks like globally.
Business Systems Analyst
- Create and refine business and systems to address business opportunities.
Business Systems Management
- Play an important role in developing and implementing business systems
- Mentor and guide Business Systems Analysts
Network and Infrastructure
As we continue to acquire more companies and grow at a tremendous pace, your knowledge involving effective development of end-to-end infrastructure will be instrumental. At UnitedHealth Group, we’re bringing our technical and consulting talent to the toughest challenging of health reform.
What We Are Looking For
- Strong technical skills and experience are critical
- Eager to learn and adopt new technologies on a continuous basis
- Ability to work in a highly processed and regulated environment
- Effective collaboration skills and a team-first attitude will be important
Network Engineer
- Work on multiple Network Engineering activities and projects.
- Develop complex products and platforms including solution design, analysis, testing, and integration
Network Management
- Serve as a leader and subject matter expert in networks, scope definition, risk identification, methodology, resource allocation and facilitation.
Infrastructure and Operations
- Ensure a stable and secure technical infrastructure supporting the organizational needs.
Data Science
UnitedHealth Group and Optum are home to the world's largest collection of health-related data. You’ll be working with a rich clinical database spanning across more than 20 years of claims records for more than 180 million individuals. The challenges are great, but so are the rewards.
What You Need To Know
- You’ll be contributing to more care models, better care and greater access to the members we serve
- You’ll be dealing with a constantly evolving health care system
- You’ll be using the most advanced data management, mining and visualization tools, machine learning and artificial intelligence
Data Science Roles
- Manage and improve the quality of data to allow healthcare to reach new insights
- Identify and support current and new hypotheses
- Translate hypotheses into actionable items understandable to non-technical business users
Data Science at UnitedHealth Group Explore the different ways we’re using data here
Data Analytics
We are more than just consultants; we operate the world’s largest collection of health-related data at Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group. Pair that with real-world health care experience and you’ll be helping clients sustain meaningful results that would otherwise not be achievable. Taking on big challenges creates bigger opportunities.
What You Need to Know
- You’ll consult with health care leaders to guide, provide insights and apply practical strategies to help shape the organizations future
- You’ll deliver unique client-focused strategies that will empower our clients to grow, thrive and achieve success throughout the health care continuum
- You’ll analyze data and deliver bold, business-savvy ideas, impacting the lives of millions
Data Analytics Roles
- Work with business leaders as they attempt to better understand their business operations and become more efficient
- Apply discipline to develop new solutions
- Develop, communicate and implement the organization’s technology architecture and applications plan
Making An Impact
UnitedHealth Group is committed to leading in the development of a next-generation health system.
Data Engineering
As a Data Engineer you’ll be responsible for the analytics infrastructure of a Fortune 7 company. No industry is moving faster than health care, and we need people for the large-scale development, construction, maintenance, and testing of our architectures. The rewards for performance are significant as you help improve the health of millions.
See How Well Gets Done.
Database Administrator Role
Design database solutions by defining database structure and functional capabilities as well as security, back-up, and recovery specifications.
Data Engineer Role
Build a pipeline that cleans, transforms, and aggregates into databases that can change lives.
Security and Risk
As a security tech professional, your skills and expertise have never been more in demand than they are today. But think about this. This is health care, where data security has been a top priority for decades. So, let's tackle the future together.
What You Need to Know
- You’ll be working with a highly-focused leadership team that sets very ambitious goals and objectives
- You’ll need to keep learning to stay ahead of emerging technologies and security solutions
- You’ll be working to protect some of the most sensitive, personal data available
Security Operations Engineer
- Support more than 55,00 internal customers and more than 1,000 applications, desktops, telephones and networks.
Cybersecurity Engineer
- Support information security policies, standards and procedures to secure and protect data
Risk and Compliance Engineer
- Work with internal and external stake holders to ensure quality delivery of our technology to business and consumers.
Architecture
You want to make a difference in the way that technology works. You want to connect with colleagues who can't wait to try new ideas and drive new solutions, like you. And that's why we want you. You'll be helping to improve the lives of millions while driving needed change across the entire health care system.
What You Need to Know
- You’ll work collaboratively with a variety of teams including global partners
- You’ll be part of evolving work as the need for security architects increases
- You’ll leverage multiple life cycle development methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall, Iterative)
- You’ll bring your creativity to find new ways to solve some of life’s most important problems
What We Are Looking For
- Experience and skills in modeling and model-driven development including integration of tools and technologies to satisfy solution implementation requirements
- Adept at using relevant and sound architecture principles and ensuring they are implemented in the solution architecture approach.
- Demonstrated ability to be effective in a fast-paced environment.
Architect
- Design products and capabilities to make sure care is available wherever and whenever
Manager of Architecture
- Provide leadership for defining strategy, expanding capabilities
- Create value-added insights into our IT assets
- Drive realization of technical strategy