Senior Software Engineer

UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group

Software Engineering

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Posted on Nov 10, 2026

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Participate in Salesforce implementation, enhancement, integration, testing, and deployment projects
  • Develop and customize Salesforce solutions using:
    • Apex
    • Lightning Web Components (LWC)
    • Aura Components
    • Visualforce
    • SOQL/SOSL
    • Triggers
    • Flows and Process Automation
    • Gather and analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions
  • Configure Salesforce platform components including:
    • Custom Objects
    • Validation Rules
    • Workflows
    • Approval Processes
    • Reports & Dashboards
    • Profiles and Permission Sets
  • Design and support integrations with external systems using REST/SOAP APIs, Platform Events, middleware tools, and third-party applications
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and release activities
  • Prepare technical design documents, deployment plans, and development artifacts
  • Perform unit testing, integration testing, debugging, and code reviews
  • Support CI/CD, Salesforce DX, Git, and deployment activities
  • Troubleshoot production issues and implement fixes and enhancements
  • Collaborate with Architects, Business Analysts, QA teams, Administrators, and business stakeholders
  • Ensure compliance with Salesforce best practices, security standards, and governance requirements
  • Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Required Qualifications:

  • Graduate degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of overall software development experience
  • 3+ years of hands-on Salesforce development experience
  • Solid experience in:
    • Apex
    • Triggers
    • Visualforce
    • Lightning Components
    • Lightning Web Components (LWC)
  • Experience with Salesforce declarative tools:
    • Flows
    • Process Builder
    • Workflow Rules
    • Approval Processes
    • Validation Rules
    • Reports & Dashboards
  • Experience with Sales Cloud, Service Cloud
  • Experience/Community Cloud
  • Experience with REST and SOAP integrations and API development
  • Knowledge of Git, Salesforce DX, CI/CD, and release management processes
  • Understanding of Salesforce governor limits and platform optimization
  • Solid understanding of Salesforce security model:
    • Profiles
    • Permission Sets
    • Roles
    • Sharing Rules
    • Field-Level Security
  • Proven solid analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Salesforce Administrator Certification
  • Experience with Salesforce testing across Classic, Lightning, and LWC applications
  • Knowledge of:
    • SQL
    • API Testing
    • Database Testing
    • Performance/Load Testing

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.