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 a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 

 

Primary Responsibilities:

Leadership & Strategy  Lead and mentor cross-functional teams focused on AI/ML incubation and engineering enablement Define and drive the strategic roadmap for innovation initiatives and technical enablement Foster a culture of experimentation, rapid iteration, and continuous learning Incubation & Innovation  Identify, evaluate, and incubate high-impact AI/ML ideas aligned with business goals Oversee the development of proof-of-concepts (PoCs) and prototypes to validate new technologies and approaches Collaborate with product, research, and business stakeholders to prioritize and refine ideas Engineering Enablement  Build and scale internal platforms, tools, and frameworks to accelerate AI/ML development Establish best practices, coding standards, and reusable components for AI/ML engineering Provide technical guidance and support to engineering teams adopting AI/ML technologies Collaboration & Communication  Act as a bridge between research, engineering, and product teams to ensure alignment and knowledge transfer Present technical concepts and project outcomes to executive leadership and stakeholders Promote knowledge sharing through documentation, workshops, and internal communities of practice Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field 10+ years of experience in software engineering with 3+ years in management Experience in React, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React Native, Java, Python, and Spring Boot Frameworks  Experience in Data Management of RDBMS and NoSQL   Experience in building/managing CI/CD pipelines of Jenkins, Github Actions etc. Proven experience in AI/ML technologies, including model development, deployment, and MLOps Solid understanding of cloud platforms (e.g. Azure, GCP) with hands-on experience on AWS and Terraforms   Proven excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills

 

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with LLMs, generative AI, or reinforcement learning Experience with agile methodologies and startup-like environments Familiarity with open-source AI/ML tools and frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, MLflow) Knowledge of Machine Learning Algorithms: Supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning  Knowledge of Model Evaluation: Precision, recall, F1-score, ROC-AUC  Knowledge of Data Preprocessing: Feature engineering, normalization, handling missing data  Knowledge of Responsible AI: Fairness, explainability (XAI), bias mitigation  Knowledge of AutoML: Hyperparameter tuning, model selection automation  Knowledge of Federated Learning & Edge AI: For privacy-preserving and low-latency applications  Deep Learning: CNNs, RNNs, Transformers, GANs  Background in innovation labs, R&D, or technical incubation environments

 

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.