Senior Data Software Engineer - Remote at UnitedHealth Group
Eden Prairie, MN
$91,700–$163,700from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Eden Prairie, MN
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A remote-eligible software engineering role focused on designing, building, and maintaining large-scale big data pipelines and platforms within a health data organization. The work centers on Scala/Python development against distributed systems (Spark, Databricks, Snowflake), API design, and integration with enterprise data sources. Suited to an experienced engineer comfortable working independently on complex, ambiguous problems.
Senior level · 6+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 4,150 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,500–6,200
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The role is primarily remote but candidates in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. areas are required to work in-office at least four days per week; the CBSA reflects the Minneapolis anchor location.
The distributed-systems requirement lists Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, and Snowflake together under a single '2+ years' gate — all four are captured as separate required skills since the posting treats them as a combined capability block rather than true interchangeable alternatives.
The undergraduate degree requirement explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience,' so the degree requirement is set to None.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily software development (15-1252), but the heavy big-data pipeline and platform focus gives it meaningful overlap with Data/Database Architects (15-1243).
The preferred cloud platform is Azure, but the posting accepts any major cloud provider; AWS and GCP are listed as alternatives.
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