Is Optum a good company to work for as a Software Development Engineer (SDE)?

Software Development Engineer (SDE) professionals working at Optum have rated their employer with 4.2 out of 5 stars in 31 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Optum employees being 3.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Development Engineer (SDE) Jobs at Optum now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview questions at Optum .

Does Optum pay Software Development Engineer (SDE) employees well?

Software Development Engineer (SDE) professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Optum with 3.2 out of 5 stars based on 31 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Development Engineer (SDE) salaries at Optum.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Optum?

Software Engineer (1139) , Senior Software Engineer (717) , Customer Service Representative (341) , Associate Software Engineer (339) , Nurse Practitioner (187) , Director (184) , Business Analyst (182) , Registered Nurse (143) , Manager (140) , Data Engineer (130) , Associate Director (128) , Medical Coder (127) , Customer Service Representative (CSR) (123) , Project Manager (119) , Data Scientist (112)

What are the pros of working at Optum according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and have to go only 10 days in a month as per our choice" ((in 1912 reviews)); "Remote and Dynamic work environment good benefits" ((in 843 reviews)); "For ppl who just want good pay and basic work this is the best you can get" ((in 682 reviews)); "Good work life balance and we can work from home" ((in 605 reviews)); "people are great and very talented" ((in 455 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Optum according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and lack of cooperation." ((in 623 reviews)); "Low salary and very low yearly increases" ((in 432 reviews)); "Frequent reorganizations and layoffs." ((in 301 reviews)); "bad pay and no bonuses" ((in 162 reviews)); "No team sprit No onboarding process on joining No training Only interested in monitoring staff output" ((in 146 reviews))

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Optum Software Development Engineer (SDE) reviews

4.2

94% would recommend to a friend

(31 total reviews)

Patrick Conway

100% approve of CEO

98% positive business outlook

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Software Development Engineer (SDE) employees have rated Optum with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 31 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer (SDE) professionals have an excellent working experience there. Optum is rated 22% above average by Software Development Engineer (SDE) professionals compared to other employers within the Gesundheitswesen industry (3.4 stars).

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31 reviews

4.0

Feb 11, 2023

1st Company

Software development engineer (sde)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work-Life Balance is very good, peoples are very chill.

Cons

Hikes Are not good, get only 10-15 in a year

4.0

Dec 30, 2022

Good worklife balance

Software development engineer (sde)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-good work-life balance -working on the latest tech stack -in our team, we are building products from scratch so lot of learning opportunities

Cons

-slow increment -lots of approvals are required to implement basic things. -fewer outings and more work -no gifts are given to the employee

4.0

Dec 8, 2022

Great

Software development engineer (sde)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome Work culture and benifits

Cons

Not so good pay as others

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