Title: Senior Software Engineer Location: Remote, United States Job 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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. Optum Pay is an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) and Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA) solution from Optum that delivers a fully integrated claims settlement platform. By combining electronic data exchange and banking functions, Optum Pay helps streamline payer workflows, reduce operational costs, and strengthen provider relationships. The Optum Pay Implementation Team is responsible for onboarding payers onto the Optum Pay processing platform. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and supporting scalable technical solutions that enable efficient and reliable onboarding of payers and sub payers. This role is responsible for configuring required inputs, validating inbound and outbound files, processing transactions, transmitting required documentation to banking partners, and returning acknowledgements to payers. The position applies independent judgment on complex technical assignments, collaborates closely with product, implementation, and quality teams, and leverages Optum approved engineering practices and tools, including GitHub, GitHub Copilot for code review support, and GitHub Actions for CI/CD based deployments, to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure payment processing capabilities. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office for a minimum of four days per week. Primary Responsibilities: - Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies, frameworks, and industry trends related to payment systems and cloud computing - Design and implement microservices-based architecture using domain-driven design principles - Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting mechanisms to ensure system performance and availability - Develop highly resilient and highly available components for the payment system - Review requirements and system analysis documents to ensure accuracy, completeness, and feasibility - Create, review, and contribute to documented technical designs in alignment with established design patterns and standards - Perform coding and unit testing independently, while providing guidance and mentorship to team members as needed - Support the Quality Engineering (QE) team during testing by resolving defects, assisting with code deployments, and providing functional or technical clarifications - Promote and ensure high-quality code by actively supporting QE efforts, including mentoring, hands-on assistance, and writing or executing automated tests when required - Collaborate with the Deployment Lead and peer developers to successfully execute project deployment activities - Ensure timely delivery and proper documentation of all required technical artifacts for each project - Mentor and guide developers on technology stacks, best practices, and application-specific knowledge - Identify and implement opportunities to optimize, fine-tune, and improve application performance and maintainability - Communicate effectively with engineers, QE teams, and both onshore and offshore teams to ensure alignment and progress - Collaborate closely with stakeholders, product owners, and feature teams to refine and develop clear, actionable requirements - Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in. Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in CS or IT or Software Engineering, or a related field - 7+ years of overall software engineering experience delivering enterprise-scale applications with working in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban) - 5+ years of hands-on Java development experience using modern frameworks and libraries such as Spring, Spring Boot, and Spring Batch, with solid object-oriented design principles - 5+ years of experience in designing, developing, and consuming RESTful web services, including 3+ years building microservices and event-driven architectures using platforms such as Kafka - 5+ years of experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle), including data modeling, query optimization, and performance tuning - 3+ years of experience with batch processing and production environments, including UNIX/Linux commands, scripting, file handling, troubleshooting, and job scheduling using Tivoli Workload Scheduler (TWS) or IBM Workload Scheduler - 3+ years of experience with cloud and DevOps practices, including AWS/Azure/GCP, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions or similar, and production support experience diagnosing issues, analyzing logs/metrics using splunk or any monitoring tool, and delivering high-quality fixes - 2+ years of hands-on experience with WTX (IBM Transformation Extender or similar tool), including map design, development, testing, maintenance, and integration with batch and enterprise workflows Preferred Qualifications: - 3+ years of experience working within the healthcare payments domain, including claims payment and remittance processing - 2+ years of experience with payment industry standards, protocols, and security best practices, including data protection and compliance requirements - Experience collaborating with onshore and offshore teams to support deployments, resolve deployment related issues, and ensure adherence to release governance processes - All Telecommuters 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 $91,700 to $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. 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. #RPO #GREEN

Develop and maintain IT systems based on client needs, analyze project requirements, design and implement features, and create documentation while potentially leading a small development team in a collaborative environment.

Title: Senior Software Engineer Location: Remote (United States) Department: Engineering Job Description: The Opportunity We are looking for a Software Engineer to join engineering at Root. In this role, you will work closely with peers on a team within a product domain (e.g. Pricing, Underwriting, Claims, etc). You’ll play a key role in solving customer and business problems in collaboration with your teammates. Salary Range: $136,500 - $155,000 (Eligible for Competitive Bonus & Equity Offering) Root is a “work where it works best” company. This means we will support you working in whatever location that works best for you across the US. How You Will Make an Impact - Write, test, and deploy software solutions that are accurate and resilient - Actively seek to understand the customer’s problem to ensure you are developing effective solutions - Collaborate closely with supportive teammates to share and improve your work - Clearly communicate and document your work to help others learn - Support your systems in production resolving incidents and issues that affect our customers - Increase the effectiveness of your team by suggesting code and process improvements What You Will Need to Succeed - 2+ years as a software engineer - Experience in Ruby on Rails or equivalent - Familiarity with React/React Native or equivalents - An eagerness to work closely with your team in a collaborative environment - Curiosity in clearly defining the customer problem that needs to be solved - Excellent communication skills both with engineering colleagues and team stakeholders As part of Root's interview process, we kindly ask that all candidates be on camera for virtual interviews. This helps us create a more personal and engaging experience for both you and our interviewers. Being on camera is a standard requirement for our process and part of how we assess fit and communication style, so we do require it to move forward with any applicant's candidacy. If you have any concerns, feel free to let us know once you are contacted. We’re happy to talk it through. Please see our Privacy Notice available HERE for more information on how we process your personal data. Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is the policy of Root to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or candidate with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship for Root. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact recruiting@joinroot.com

WordPress Developer Remote Product Full time West Palm Beach, Florida, United States Description As a WordPress Developer, you're responsible for Making Stuff Go. You will build infrastructure to create new features, improve existing code, squash bugs, and help us rapidly scale our platform. Attention to detail is one of our ! This is your chance to stand out :) To love this role, here’s the type of person you are: - You’re a self-starter who loves taking initiative and seeing things through from conception to completion. Our developers often "own" features/tasks and are responsible for scoping, development, and testing. - You're an excellent communicator, fluent in both verbal and written English, who makes sure nothing slips through the cracks. We believe communication is critical, and there is no such thing as overcommunication. - You have the curiosity and desire to learn and grow your skills. - You're passionate about leaving your mark on the web for all to see and are excited to work on tasks that impact millions of users. - You take pride in the quality and craftsmanship of your work rather than just doing it to get it done. - You're a team player who is comfortable working alongside and helping other developers, and you don't take critical feedback personally. - You're happy jumping between front-end and back-end development tasks, or tackling tasks which require both. - You're happy working on tasks of all sizes - from small bug fixes and enhancements to large features/rewrites. Common responsibilities include (but are not limited to): - Triaging bugs and small enhancements that come into GitHub. - Scoping, writing, and testing new product features and addons. - Refactoring legacy code with a particular attention to backwards compatibility. - Providing feedback and peer review for other developers (Github PRs). - Communicating with the team and supporting your peers using chat, audio, and video. Requirements - Professional experience with WordPress plugin development, architecture, and standards. - Advanced proficiency with PHP and MySQL, including modern PHP practices (OOP, autoloading, namespacing, traits, interfaces, etc). - Strong familiarity with JavaScript (vanilla JS, jQuery, ES6, etc). - Ability to use and extend build tools like gulp and webpack. - Familiarity with package managers such as Composer and NPM. - Experience working with third-party APIs (Eg Stripe, Drip, Zapier, etc). - Competent with version control through git and GitHub. - The ability to iterate and ship ideas quickly. - Exceptional troubleshooting skills. - Ability to keep complex ideas and features simple. (Simplicity is a core value!) - Previous freelance or remote work experience. - Personal Computer with Internet Access - Availability to participate in audio/video meetings between the hours 9 am - 5 pm EST. Bonus points if you also have: - Advanced proficiency in JavaScript frameworks like VueJS or React. - Experience with e-commerce platforms or related APIs (Easy Digital Downloads, WooCommerce, Stripe, PayPal, etc). - Experience with DevOps or infrastructure management. Benefits Working for a fast-growing bootstrapped company is a rare opportunity, one we consider a lifestyle choice rather than a job choice. Our positions are challenging, but also come with amazing advantages and fulfillment to those who earn them. Here’s what we offer. - Competitive Salary. - Term Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment for all full-time team members during their employment. - Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance benefits for full-time U.S. employees. - Health Insurance benefits for all employees in Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, and Ukraine. - Work from your home. We’re spread out all over the world – United States, Canada, Ukraine, India, Pakistan, Singapore, and more. - Flexible PTO after 90 days of employment. We encourage employees to take the time they need for a vacation, stay healthy, and spend time with friends and family. - Holidays (based on your location) - Paid Parental Leave. - We happily provide or reimburse software you’ll need as well as books or courses that promote continued learning. - We cover all costs of company travel (including our annual all-company retreat and mini-team meetups). - Additional Perks include AM Welcome Box for new team members, Yearly Anniversary Gifts, and Technology Stipend each work anniversary. - We give you the opportunity to solve challenging and meaningful problems that make a difference. - Ability to work with some of the best people in the business through frequent, if not daily, interactions. - And in case you were wondering: no politics, no b.s., and no jerks. Location This is a remote position - our team is spread around the globe! Our home base is in Florida, USA, so company operating hours are 9am - 5pm ET (UTC -5). While full coverage is not a requirement, you must be available during a portion of the day. Please clearly include the following in your cover letter: - Your experience with WordPress plugin development. - What is your favorite WordPress hook/function and why. - Tell us a bit about yourself and why you should be considered. Details about your experience, qualifications, personality, etc are very helpful. - Profile links with code samples (GitHub, GitLab, WordPress.org, etc). - Other profile links if available (Your website, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc).