Optum
Jobs, news, and who works there
As of 2026-10-01, Skillenai has indexed 21 Optum job postings over the past 90 days. Optum appeared in 24 news articles in the same window.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-01
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Hiring at Optum
Weekly Optum job postings — last 90 days
Roles Optum is hiring for
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 11 | 52.4% |
| ML Engineer | 2 | 9.5% |
| AI Engineer | 1 | 4.8% |
| Data and Analytics Leader | 1 | 4.8% |
| Full Stack Software Engineer | 1 | 4.8% |
| Network Pricing Consultant | 1 | 4.8% |
| Power BI Developer | 1 | 4.8% |
| Quantitative/Statistical Research Consultant | 1 | 4.8% |
| Software Engineer (UI) | 1 | 4.8% |
| Technical Product Manager | 1 | 4.8% |
Skills in Optum job postings
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Python | 3 | 14.3% |
| SQL | 3 | 14.3% |
| Git | 2 | 9.5% |
| statistical sampling | 1 | 4.8% |
| GPT-4o | 1 | 4.8% |
| Analytics instrumentation | 1 | 4.8% |
| spreadsheets | 1 | 4.8% |
| hierarchical chunking | 1 | 4.8% |
| C# | 1 | 4.8% |
| CI/CD | 1 | 4.8% |
| WCAG AA | 1 | 4.8% |
| financial impact analysis | 1 | 4.8% |
| Llama 3 | 1 | 4.8% |
| Playwright | 1 | 4.8% |
| Testing Library | 1 | 4.8% |
Where Optum is hiring
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eden Prairie | 11 | 52.4% |
| Minnetonka | 4 | 19.0% |
| Basking Ridge | 1 | 4.8% |
| Draper | 1 | 4.8% |
| Lafayette | 1 | 4.8% |
| Madison | 1 | 4.8% |
| Schaumburg | 1 | 4.8% |
| Tempe | 1 | 4.8% |
Who works at Optum
From the career profiles Skillenai holds for current staff. Small groups are withheld.
Skills on staff profiles
- python12%
- sql10%
- Java6%
- Jenkins5%
- kubernetes5%
- Azure5%
- Tableau5%
- terraform4%
- Agile4%
- docker4%
- Power BI4%
- React4%
- HIPAA4%
- snowflake4%
- Kafka4%
- AWS4%
Share of observed positions at Optum that list the skill.
Degree level
- Bachelor132
- Master99
- Associate29
- Other Professional13
- High School12
- PhD4
- MD2
Field of study
- Computer Science55
- Information Technology9
- Business Administration and Management, General6
- Data Science5
- Business Administration5
- Business Analytics5
- Management Information Systems4
- Computer Engineering4
Schools
- University of Minnesota29
- St. Cloud State University17
- University of St. Thomas15
- Iowa State University13
- Western Governors University12
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities12
- Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University11
- Capella University10
Optum in the news
24 news articles and 22 blog posts mentioned Optum in the last 90 days.
News
- The Cigna Group Partners with OpenAI to Enhance Oncology Care Workflowshhmglobal.com · September 25, 2026
- Stealth Startup Spy #366stealthstartupspy.substack.com · August 17, 2026
- How payer executives drive innovation in healthcarebeckerspayer.com · August 31, 2026
- Quantum computing: Where we stand in 2026constellationr.com · August 30, 2026
- 7 Best Medicare Risk Adjustment Software Tools for 2026pctechmag.com · August 26, 2026
- Investors renew fight against UnitedHealth, claiming $237M in insider stock salesbeckerspayer.com · August 14, 2026
Blogs
- The Great Unbundling: How to Build a Change Healthcare Alternativetopflightapps.com · September 22, 2026
- Qualcomm Makes Its Case for the Phone as AI Hubcreativestrategies.com · September 24, 2026
- Ambient AI Scribes in Healthcare: Dragon Copilot Explainedblog.intermedia.com · September 17, 2026
- Healthcare M&A: How to Avoid Post-Deal Operational Failureseniorexecutive.com · September 15, 2026
- Pindrop Launches Pindrop BotStopper™ Technology to Detect AI Voice Agents for the Enterprisecioinfluence.com · September 17, 2026
- Forward Deployed Engineers Transform Healthcare AIdistilinfo.com · September 11, 2026
How this was computed
Job counts are postings whose employer resolves to Optum over the 90 days ending 2026-10-01; mentions are news and blog documents that resolve to the same entity. Career-profile aggregates come from the Skillenai talent graph with the same suppression the talent-graph API applies.
- note
- Observed profiles counts the career profiles Skillenai holds at this company, not its employee count.
- source
- Skillenai jobs, news and blog indices; Skillenai career-profile corpus
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