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Senior AI/ML Software Engineer

UnitedHealth Group

Eden Prairie, MN
Full Time
Senior
90k-161k
13 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Senior AI/ML Software Engineer - Remote Requisition Number: 2300736 Job Category: Technology Primary Location: Eden Prairie, MN, US (Remote considered) 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. Our charter includes transforming the health care journey through responsible AI/ML innovation and developing and supporting an enterprise AI/ML development platform. As a Senior AI/ML Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and implementing AI systems for health applications, focusing on improving patient engagement, predicting disease progression, and optimizing clinical trials using structured and unstructured data. You will apply state-of-the-art MLOps approaches to ensure model performance and reliability, and build data pipelines for real-time insights. This role offers the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own the inference and delivery of machine learning insights to multiple customers
  • Manage, monitor, and scale machine learning systems, delivering insights to multiple customers
  • Own model and data orchestration
  • Drive pipeline efficiency and reliability through profiling, refactoring, and advanced engineering
  • Work with the broader technical team to scope engineering milestones, provide updates, and communicate challenges
  • Develop new data pipelines to improve ML model usage

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science in computer science or related quantitative field
  • 3+ years of experience with PySpark or SQL
  • 2+ years of experience with software engineering and software development life cycle (SDLC)
  • 2+ years of experience with CI/CD tools to ship production code
  • 2+ years of experience with cloud environments and cloud-based batch model deployments using Python in at least one of Azure, AWS, Google Cloud

Nice to Have

  • MS in computer science or related quantitative field
  • Expertise in ML Ops, for example, model monitoring, drift detection, and event-based model retraining
  • Experience with Databricks, AzureML, and Snowflake or related technologies

Qualifications

  • Formal educational background in computer science or related field
  • Experience with cloud-based deployment and ML pipelines
  • Proficiency in Python, SQL, and PySpark

Benefits & Perks

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Incentive and recognition programs
  • Equity stock purchase
  • 401k contribution
  • Salary range from $89,900 to $160,600 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 health equity, responsible AI innovation, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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Job Details

Posted AtJul 11, 2025
Salary90k-161k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeRemote
ExperienceSenior

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About UnitedHealth Group

Website

unitedhealthgroup.com

Location

Eden Prairie, MN

Industry

Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers

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