| Description | 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. Here you will find a culture guided by inclusion talented peers comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. Primary Responsibilities: Design build and operate scalable ELT/ETL pipelines (batch and streaming) with strong SLAs and observability Model source data into well-governed analytics-ready layers (staging marts) using dimensional and/or Data Vault patterns Lead the evolution of our lakehouse/warehouse architecture drive partitioning file layout and table format best practices Implement data quality testing and lineage at scale champion data contracts with upstream teams Optimize performance and cost across compute storage and query engines establish capacity plans and autoscaling Partner with product analytics and ML to define semantic layers metrics and feature/data products Uphold security privacy and governance standards manage access controls for PHI and sensitive data Mentor engineers review designs/PRs and contribute to standards runbooks and documentation Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation by streamlining workflows and automating repetitive tasks You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in. Required Qualifications: 5+ years of professional data engineering experience in cloud environments (Azure or AWS) 5+ years Expert-level SQL and strong Python (or Scala) for data processing and tooling 3+ years of proven experience with a major warehouse (Snowflake BigQuery Redshift) and a lake/lakehouse stack (e.g. Databricks Spark Delta/Iceberg/Hudi) 3+ years of experience with solid data modeling skills comfortable designing star schemas and incremental pipelines Preferred Qualifications: AWS and Azure experience .NET C# experience GitHub Actions experience Previous healthcare background Hands-on with orchestration (Airflow Dagster Prefect) and modern ELT (dbt or equivalent) All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets education work experience certifications etc. In addition to your salary we offer benefits such as a comprehensive benefits package incentive and recognition programs equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). 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 $89900 to $160600 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. Application 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. 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. UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race national origin religion age color sex sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local state or federal laws rules or regulations. UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. |