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Optum Tech (UnitedHealth Group) is hiring an UX Engineer

About the Role

Optum Tech, part of UnitedHealth Group, is looking for a UX Engineer to design and prototype user experiences for our healthcare technology products. You'll join a team dedicated to improving health outcomes through thoughtful, user-centered design.

What You'll Do

  • Create functional prototypes, static mockups, and textual specifications describing product behavior.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders including UX Leads, Product Managers, and Development Managers to identify, plan, and implement design activities.
  • Participate in gathering research insights and concept testing to inform design decisions.
  • Perform design duties for one or more projects to meet UX, technical, and business needs.
  • Advocate for user-centered design including research and accessibility.
  • Leverage and contribute to existing design pattern libraries and interface guidelines.
  • Critique in-progress design work, evaluating the priority and effectiveness of solutions.

What We're Looking For

  • Degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Psychology, Information Architecture, Communications, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
  • 3+ years of UX design experience, including creating wireframes and prototypes to communicate design concepts.
  • 3+ years of demonstrated understanding of mature user-centered design and research practices with a bias towards simplicity, elegance, and minimalism.
  • 3+ years of experience participating in user research and concept testing with real users.
  • Portfolio of relevant user experience project deliverables.
  • Proven excellent communication skills, including the ability to present complex concepts clearly across diverse audiences, including executive leadership.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with enterprise software, B2B applications, or large employee-facing systems in the medical, healthcare, or financial domains.
  • Knowledge of UX-related analytics, metrics, and measurement techniques.
  • Proven ability managing multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Proven involvement in the UX community (e.g., associations, meet-ups, clubs, conferences).
  • Proven collaborative, low-ego approach to working with others.

We foster an inclusion-guided culture focused on caring, connecting, and growing together.

Required Skills
UX DesignUser-Centered DesignWireframingPrototypingUser ResearchConcept TestingInformation ArchitectureHuman-Computer InteractionPsychologyVisual Design
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Optum Tech (UnitedHealth Group)
Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care’s most complex challenges.
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Job Details
Department Information Technology
Category design
Posted a month ago