[Remote] Full Stack Software Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optum Serve is modernizing enterprise technology systems to support federal agencies and improve health services for military members and Veterans. The Full Stack Software Engineer designs, develops, tests, and operates applications and production services, collaborates with stakeholders on requirements, and mentors junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Designs, codes, tests and debugs applications and components that meet all technical specifications and business requirements per assigned work items
• Collaborates closely with stakeholders, product owners, and feature team on developing requirements
• Refines business requirements into technical solutions, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines with optimal solutions
• Perform code reviews
• Operational Excellence - build, deploy, monitor, and operation of production services
• Communicate effectively with business stakeholders and technical team
• Mentors' junior software engineer

Skills

• High School Diploma/GED
• 1+ years of experience leveraging AI tools in the software development lifecycle to improve quality and efficiency
• 1+ years of experience in full lifecycle software development projects in an agile environment
• 1+ years of hands-on technical expertise in building web applications and RESTful web services
• 1+ years of experience with MS SQL, PostgreSQL, or other similar relational database management systems
• 1+ years of experience with .NET Core or similar object-oriented programming language
• 1+ years of experience with Angular, React, or other JavaScript frameworks / libraries
• United States Citizenship required
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a suitability or determination of eligibility for a Confidential/Secret or Top Secret security clearance
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Computer Engineering or related field OR 4 years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a degree
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with application containerization, deployment, and orchestration across environments
• Experience with CI/CD and test automation
• Experience building cloud-native applications in Azure or similar cloud service provider
• Basic understanding and ability to troubleshoot applications running within Kubernetes
• Basic understanding of cloud infrastructure and automated provisioning & configuration management
• Basic understanding of networking and internet protocols
• Knowledge of Encryption, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), understanding of OWASP

Benefits

• Flexibility to telecommute from anywhere within the U.S.
• Paid Time Off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays
• Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account
• Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D Insurance along with Short-term disability and Long-Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Education Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.)
• Performance Rewards
• Incentive and recognition programs
• 401k contribution

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