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Growing together.\nYou'll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.\nPrimary Responsibilities:\nDesign, develop, deploy, and maintain scalable software applications and platform services supporting the OQGA ecosystem, including batch processing, APIs, integrations, and healthcare quality solutions\nBuild and maintain reliable data pipelines and distributed application components that process large healthcare and quality datasets while ensuring performance, scalability, and data integrity\nDevelop high-quality software solutions using Java, Python, SQL, and modern engineering frameworks following enterprise coding standards and best practices\nCollaborate with architects and senior engineers to implement scalable application designs, technical solutions, and cloud-based services aligned with business and technology objectives\nAnalyze business and technical requirements and translate them into efficient, maintainable, and secure software solutions\nParticipate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements refinement, design, development, testing, deployment, and production support\nPartner with Product, QA, Operations, and cross-functional engineering teams to estimate work, resolve dependencies, and deliver features using Agile methodologies\nSupport deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintenance of OQGA applications across DEV, TEST, UAT, STAGE, and PROD environments. 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No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 to $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.\nPursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.\nApplication Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.\nAt 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. 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