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AI/ML Engineer

UnitedHealth Group

Bellevue, WA
Full Time
Mid Level
71k-127k
12 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work involves improving health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data, and resources they need. The company fosters a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities. Optum AI is UnitedHealth Group's enterprise AI team, specializing in AI/ML solutions for healthcare, developing innovative AI/ML models, and supporting an enterprise AI/ML platform. The role offers remote work flexibility within the U.S. and involves working on cutting-edge ML, NLP, and LLM techniques to impact healthcare at scale.

Key Responsibilities

  • Developing and implementing models and methods that extend and improve LLM capabilities and reliability
  • Research, design and implement scalable machine learning solutions
  • Developing new solutions and science best practices in Responsible AI
  • Developing the research and innovation agenda
  • Design, implement and deploy Deep Learning models, RAG and LLMs
  • Collaborating with the Optum AI team and fellow scientists and engineers

Requirements

  • Master degree in computer science, Machine Learning, statistics, engineering, mathematics, or another STEM discipline
  • 3+ years of DL frameworks such as PyTorch and/or TensorFlow
  • 2+ years of experience using ML to solve problems in natural language processing (NLP), multimodal RT processing, and/or other AI domains
  • 2+ years of experience in Generative AI, grounding architectures, fine-tuning LLMs and/or improving pre-train LLM's performance
  • 2+ years of developing machine learning applications
  • 1+ years of solid agentic research and developing experience

Nice to Have

  • Ph.D. in Machine Learning with focus on NLP and/or GenAI
  • Experience with Advanced Deep Learning, applied math and statistics
  • Experience developing and refining graph science methods and LLMs
  • Experience developing agentic frameworks to empower autonomous agent
  • Proven solid technical and scientific knowledge about generative AI

Qualifications

  • Educational background in STEM disciplines as specified in requirements

Benefits & Perks

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Incentive and recognition programs
  • Equity stock purchase
  • 401k contribution
  • Salary range from $71,200 to $127,200 annually
  • Remote work flexibility

Working at UnitedHealth Group

Optum AI team members have impact at scale, work on ground-breaking projects involving cutting-edge ML, NLP, and LLM techniques, and collaborate with world-class experts and top universities. The environment challenges employees and provides clear development pathways, emphasizing innovation, responsible AI, and making a positive impact on healthcare systems.

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Job Details

Posted AtJul 11, 2025
Job CategoryData Science
Salary71k-127k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeRemote
ExperienceMid Level

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About UnitedHealth Group

Website

unitedhealthgroup.com

Location

Bellevue, WA

Industry

Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers

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