Principal Full Stack Engineer

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.

We are seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer to lead the integration of Power BI Embedded analytics into our customer-facing products. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in both front-end and back-end development, specifically in building secure, scalable web applications, use of REST API’s that serve embedded Power BI dashboards and reports to external clients. This role involves managing the end-to-end implementation, from configuring Azure services to developing the client-side user interface

Primary Responsibilities:

• Full-stack development: Design, develop, and maintain the host application’s front-end and back-end, including web interfaces, APIs, and business logic required to support embedded analytics
• Authentication and security: Architect and implement secure authentication and authorization protocols (e.g., service principal profile) to ensure Row-Level Security (RLS) and grant customers access only to their relevant data
• Azure cloud services: Configure and manage necessary Azure services, including Azure Active Directory (now Microsoft Entra ID), Power BI Embedded capacity, and relevant data sources (e.g., Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Lake)
• Data integration and modeling: Collaborate with data engineers to ensure robust and performant data pipelines, and apply expertise in data modeling (using Power BI Desktop and DAX) to create performant datasets for customer-facing reports
• Customer engagement: Work directly with customers and product managers to gather requirements, provide technical consultation, and deliver an intuitive, high-performance embedded analytics experience.
  Performance optimization: Continuously monitor and optimize the performance of embedded reports, addressing issues related to data refresh, query execution, and report rendering speed
• Testing and maintenance: Conduct unit and integration testing of all embedded components and manage ongoing maintenance and upgrades of the embedded solution
• Copilot (Github, Azure, etc.): Code Generation, Test case generation, Error troubleshooting and code refactoring, Insights Generation, etc.
  Microsoft Copilot Studio + Power Automate : Create AI Agents for Automation and Productivity enhancement (nice to have)
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field with relevant experience
• 6+ years of experience in software development and platform administration
• Proven experience as a full-stack developer with a solid understanding of both front-end and back-end technologies
• Demonstrable experience integrating Power BI Embedded (or similar embedded analytics) into custom web applications for external customers
• Experience with Azure services, including Azure AD (Microsoft Entra ID), App Registrations, and Power BI Embedded capacity management
• Experience with server-side languages and frameworks (e.g., .NET, Node.js, React JS, Python) for building APIs
• Hands-on experience with Programming languages such as Python, .Net, C#, Java
• Experience with Azure cloud services
• Experience with Terraform for managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) based platforms
• Server: Experience working with Apache servers with a solid background in Linux
• Development languages: Knowledge of server-side programming languages including Net, Java, Ruby and Python
• Basic design ability: Including knowledge of UI/UX and basic prototype design
• Database and cache: Familiarity with DBMS technology, including SQLServer, Oracle, MongoDB and MySQL and caching mechanisms such as Redis, Memcached and Varnish
• Proficiency in front-end development using modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue), along with HTML and CSS
• Proficiency in Python and React JS for application development.
  Strong understanding of data modeling concepts, DAX, and Power Query
• Proven solid SQL skills for optimizing queries on large datasets and platform metadata
• Proven solid skills with automation tools like Power Automate, shell scripting, or PowerShell
• Proven ability to thrive in dynamic environments with shifting priorities
• Demonstrated expertise in debugging, data analysis, and vulnerability management
• Proven ability to build and maintain positive working relationships across teams and leadership levels
• Front-end technology: Proven expertise in front-end technologies, including .Net, C#, JavaScript, CSS3 and HTML5 and third-party libraries such as React Js, Angular, jQuery
• Proven excellent writing and communication skills
• Proven ability to visualize a proposed system and be able to build it

Preferred Qualification:

• 1+ years of experience in the healthcare domain

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.