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# Senior Software Engineer - Eden Prairie, MN

- **Company:** LHC Group, Inc.
- **Location:** Gaithersburg, MD, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $142,000.0 - $195,174.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Software Applications, Microsoft Azure, Information Systems, Issue Tracking Systems, Python (Programming Language), NoSQL, Release Management, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Systems Integration, Datadog, Postman, Kubernetes, Splunk, Software Version Control, Servicenow, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/usf24a7d71e871af82d017606f4b20b73e/eaa

## About the Role

REQUIREMENTS: Employer will accept a Master's degree in Information Systems or a related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or in a Software Engineer-related occupation.
Experience must include:

 * SQL and NoSQL databases;
 * Programming languages such as Java, Python, or JavaScript;
 * Manage applications in public cloud environments like Azure;
 * Containerized platforms like Kubernetes;
 * ServiceNow;
 * Splunk;
 * Datadog; and
 * Postman.

## Description

DUTIES: Design, develop, and modify highly specialized computer applications to drive user efficiency and overall business success; ensure these applications meet the demanding standards for privacy and security as required by strict internal policies and industry-specific regulations; create efficient, high performance enhancements to these proprietary Optum applications, enhancements that address and achieve specific Optum customer goals; quickly and effectively design, develop, and implement new technology features that build on existing functionality, including but not limited to integrating with new technology; ensure compliance with Optum's software development life cycle protocols and ensure project priorities are recorded and satisfied according to those protocols, raising any risk factors to the appropriate Optum project management team; constantly improve functionality, reliability, testability, availability, latency, scalability, and efficiency of Optum applications; adhere to
version control, release management, and deployment protocols to distribute new functionality to the user base, including user acceptance testing, by quickly resolving issues and providing all required metrics and data, including issue tracking; design and develop reporting as needed to summarize and analyze application functionality; ensure these proprietary applications satisfy Optum's rigorous internally-defined technical requirements for performance, resiliency, availability and scalability; collaborate with Optum solutions users to build, extend, and enhance applications that accelerate efficiency and innovation across the organization; and provide post deployment support and to quickly respond to and resolve unexpected service problems in production. Reports to Eden Prairie, MN office. May telecommute.


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