Job Details
Company: UnitedHealth Group (Optum)
Job Position: Full Stack Engineer – Java
Requisition Number: 2382838
Job Category: Technology
Job Location: Hyderabad, India
Job Type: Full Time
Date Posted: 28 September 2026
Travel: No
Qualification: B.Tech / MCA / M.Sc / M.Tech
Experience: Not specified
Salary: Not disclosed
Job Overview
UnitedHealth Group is hiring a Full Stack Engineer – Java for its technology team in Hyderabad. The role involves developing and maintaining full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, React, REST and SOAP services, and other modern technologies. The engineer will work across design, development, integration testing, quality assurance, deployment, production support, and troubleshooting of distributed application modules.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop new user-facing features using Java, Spring Boot, React, and related technologies.
- Work across the full technology stack of the application.
- Deploy microservices and manage application deployments.
- Convert designs and wireframes into high-quality production-ready code.
- Optimize application components for better performance across web-capable devices and browsers.
- Participate actively in requirement grooming sessions and identify potential issues in requirements.
- Take responsibility for design, development, integration testing, quality assurance testing, and production activities.
- Handle problem and incident tickets related to distributed application modules.
- Troubleshoot application issues and support production environments.
- Provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level engineers when required.
- Follow a structured and standard approach to software development and support activities.
- Work across development, testing, and production support activities based on project and business requirements.
- Collaborate with team members to deliver reliable and scalable software solutions.
- Follow company policies, procedures, employment requirements, and applicable work directives.
Eligibility Criteria
- Candidates should have a B.Tech, MCA, M.Sc, or M.Tech qualification.
- Candidates must have completed at least 16 years of formal education.
- Correspondence courses are not considered for the stated qualification requirement.
- Candidates should have solid development experience in Java/J2EE and UI technologies.
- Candidates should have experience in full-stack development.
- Candidates should have experience developing REST and SOAP-based web services.
- Candidates should have experience with JavaScript and ReactJS.
- Candidates should have good knowledge of MySQL.
- Candidates should have knowledge of Spring and Hibernate.
- Candidates should understand containerization and cloud technologies.
- Candidates should have knowledge of application security features.
- Candidates should understand Agile development and CI/CD practices.
- Candidates should have experience with Jenkins or similar CI/CD technologies.
- Candidates should be comfortable working across development, testing, and production support responsibilities.
Required Skills
- Strong Java and J2EE development skills.
- Full-stack development knowledge.
- JavaScript and ReactJS.
- Spring Framework.
- Hibernate.
- REST and SOAP web services.
- MySQL.
- Spring Boot.
- Microservices.
- Containerization technologies.
- Cloud technologies.
- Application security concepts.
- Agile methodologies.
- CI/CD practices.
- Jenkins.
- Strong programming and software design skills.
- Good testing and debugging abilities.
- Ability to work on distributed application modules.
- Problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to take on versatile technical responsibilities based on business requirements.
Why Join UnitedHealth Group?
- Opportunity to work on technology solutions supporting healthcare services.
- Exposure to full-stack application development using Java and modern UI technologies.
- Opportunity to work with Spring Boot, React, microservices, cloud, and containerization technologies.
- Experience across the complete software development and delivery lifecycle.
- Opportunity to work on distributed applications and production support activities.
- Scope to collaborate with experienced engineering teams and provide technical guidance to junior engineers.
- Opportunity to develop skills across development, testing, deployment, and production support.
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