Sr AI/ML Engineer – Remote

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Optum AI is UnitedHealth Group’s enterprise AI team. We are AI/ML scientists and engineers with deep expertise in AI/ML engineering for health care. We develop AI/ML solutions for the highest impact opportunities across UnitedHealth Group businesses including UnitedHealthcare, Optum Financial, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. In addition to transforming the health care journey through responsible AI/ML innovation, our charter also includes developing and supporting an enterprise AI/ML development platform.

Optum AI team members:

Have impact at scale: We have the data and resources to make an impact at scale. When our solutions are deployed, they have the potential to make health care system work better for everyone

Do ground-breaking work: Many of our current projects involve cutting edge ML, NLP and LLM techniques. Generative AI methods for working with structured and unstructured health care data are continuously being developed and improved. We are working in one of the most important frontiers of AI/ML research and development

Partner with world-class experts on innovative solutions: Our team members are developing novel AI/ML solutions to business challenges. In some cases, this includes the opportunity to file patents and publish papers about the methods we develop. We also collaborate with AI/ML researchers at some of the world’s top universities.

United AI Studio (UAIS) is an end-to-end platform that enables AI/ML practitioners to build, deploy, manage and scale machine learning (ML) and AI applications responsibly.

We are looking for passionate AI/ML Engineers who can bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI/ML technologies and real-world customer use cases. You will work closely with customers to understand their AI/ML challenges, guide them in leveraging United AI Studio’s multi-cloud capabilities, and help them build scalable, impactful AI solutions. In addition to customer solutioning, you will contribute to internal AI innovations that improve platform capabilities and engineering workflows.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development and deployment of AI/ML solutions that address complex business challenges and opportunities for the United AI Studio Enterprise Platform
• Engage with platform users to understand their AI/ML use cases, data challenges, and business goals
• Recommend appropriate algorithms, frameworks, tools, and United AI Studio capabilities
• Create solution architectures, prototypes, and reference implementations
• Decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions
• Write robust, scalable, and maintainable code that adheres to high standards of quality and performance
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in AI/ML technology and introduce innovative techniques and tools to the team
• Should be flexible, adapting to meet the needs of the team, project, or product
• Solicit differing views and are willing to change your mind as you learn more
• Should be flexible, adapting to meet the needs of the team, project, or product
• Mentoring and developing other engineers on the team

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
 

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in computer science or related field; or bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience
• 5+ years of industry experience as a Data Scientist, AI/ML Software Engineer, or AI/ML Engineer, with at least 2+ years in senior or lead role
• 3+ years of experience implementing AI/ML solutions on cloud platforms (e.g. Databricks, Azure, AWS, GCP, Snowflake)
• 3+ years of experience with demonstrable proficiency in programming languages including Python
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Proficiency in AI/ML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Keras; or distributed computing frameworks such as Apache Spark
• Solid understanding of ML lifecycle: data prep, model training, evaluation, deployment, monitoring
• Excellent communication and customer-facing skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with MLOps practices and tools for continuous integration and deployment of ML models
• Experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code
• Experience and demonstratable ability to lead and mentor a technical team with a collaborative and results-driven approach
• Higher-level understanding of AI/ML use-cases and production implementation
• Familiarity with LLMs, generative AI, and prompt engineering
• Collaborating with geographically distributed teams

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $89,900 to $160,600 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

 

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes – an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

 

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.