Senior Software Engineer II

Optum is seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer II in Bengaluru, Karnataka. This role is integral to designing, developing, and maintaining robust front-end and back-end application components. You will be instrumental in delivering end-to-end AI-enabled solutions, ensuring seamless service integrations, and leveraging cloud-native technologies to build scalable, secure, and cost-efficient products. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is key to driving innovation and enhancing organizational efficiency.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain user interfaces, server-side logic, databases, APIs, and deployment processes.
• Build and optimize AI-enabled solutions to enhance application functionality and user experience.
• Perform analysis, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation of software.
• Leverage cloud-native technologies to design scalable, secure, and cost-efficient solutions.
• Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for cloud environments using tools like Terraform.
• Deliver high-quality, end-to-end solutions while collaborating with agile teams and stakeholders.
• Ensure adherence to engineering best practices, agile methodologies, and cloud security standards.
• Contribute to product roadmaps by understanding customer needs and evaluating new tools, AI frameworks, and cloud technologies.
• Automate tasks, build reusable utilities, and ensure adherence to engineering standards and best practices.
• Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues promptly and participate in incident and problem management, including on-call support.
• Research and develop innovative solutions to improve future capabilities.
• Guide and mentor junior developers to foster team growth.
• Comply with all company policies and directives.

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in IT, Computer Science, Business, or equivalent experience.
• 9+ years of experience in software engineering, including enterprise-class microservices, REST APIs, and web applications and data.
• 5+ years of experience programming in Python/Java.
• Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and managing infrastructure using IaC tools like Terraform.
• Good knowledge of microservice architecture, REST API integration, and asynchronous communication patterns.
• Good understanding of cloud-native architectures, serverless computing, and cloud monitoring tools (e.g., Azure Monitor, Grafana).
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Proficient in setting up CI/CD pipelines and deploying applications, preferably in AKS, using GitHub Actions.
• Proficiency with AI-Assisted Development Tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf/Amazon Code Whisperer etc.
• Proven expertise in designing and developing scalable, resilient, and high-performing REST APIs using (Springboot/FastAPI/Flask APIs).
• Proven skilled in addressing security vulnerabilities and ensuring secure application development.
• Proven passion for technology, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Proven excellent problem-solving and communication skills with a passion for sharing best practices and driving organizational discipline.

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