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Provider Education Software 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 andresources 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.

The Provider Education (PE) product engages with providers to increase billing compliance and reduce medical costs. Our analytics team works with our business partners to support data ingestion, analytic processes identifying non-compliant billing submissions, and then identifying practitioners for education on proper claims submissions.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Relevant analysis, design, coding, engineering, testing, debugging, standards, methods, tools analysis, documentation, research and development, maintenance, new development, operations and delivery
2. Conduct data extraction that may include analyzing, reviewing, trending and presenting information, based on provided requirements, to support analytic development
3. Analyze healthcare claims from different data sources and identify the data integrity issues. Conduct analyses of data elements within existing source data mart schemas
4. Evaluating new cloud tools, new techniques, and strategies
5. Automation of common tasks; build of common utilities to drive organizational efficiency with a passion around technology and solutions
6. Influence of thought and leadership on future capabilities and opportunities to apply technology in new and innovative ways
7. Generally, work is self-directed and not prescribed. Work with less structure and on more complex issues
8. Serves as a resource/mentor for others

Required Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in Azure Cloud environment, including Azure Data Factory (ADF), Databricks, and orchestration tools
• 2+ years of experience developing with PySpark, Spark, and Python for big data processing
• 2+ years of experience in data analysis, data modeling, and ETL/ELT pipeline development
• Solid proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases such as MySQL and Snowflake

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with VS Code and GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted development
• Experience with Agile/Scrum methodology
• Knowledge of healthcare compliance standards (HIPAA)
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment strategies
• Proven exposure to AI/ML best practices for data engineering and automation
• Proven unit testing for data pipelines using PyTest
• Proven databricks expertise: cluster management, job optimization, and Delta Lake
• Proven performance tuning for Spark jobs and distributed data pipelines

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). The salary for this role will range from $89,900 to $160,600 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.