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Senior Data Scientist - Remote

UnitedHealth Group

San Diego, CA
Full Time
Senior
90k-161k
1 day 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 an inclusive culture with talented peers, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities. The role focuses on designing and developing state-of-the-art machine learning solutions for medical applications, working closely with ML engineers, research linguists, software engineers, and subject matter experts. The position offers the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with Engineering, Business, and Technical Product teams to make and meet project commitments in an agile framework; rapidly delivering value via technology solutions
  • Mentor junior data scientists to successfully deliver software and business value
  • Continuously improve alerts, monitors, and telemetry
  • Communicate with stakeholders, subject matter experts, and colleagues to identify new approaches to problems in the medical coding field
  • Design novel methods in machine learning and launch them to production with the help of data engineers and deployment software engineers
  • Perform independent analysis of trends in medical coding and production performance of statistical models
  • Demonstrate leadership in machine learning engineering and direct research on deep learning and LLM approaches
  • Stay current with leading-edge technologies in machine learning and deep learning, participate and lead research talks and white paper reviews
  • Participate in research to ensure models align with ethical standards and perform without harm to users

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in machine learning or data science including data analysis, algorithm design, model architecture specification, and machine learning algorithm implementation
  • 4+ years of experience working with teams that leveraged three or more of the following: CI/CD tools, REST API development, serverless architecture, containerization, IaC, cloud platforms, web applications, web services, observability, messaging/stream architecture
  • 4+ years of coding experience with Python or R, emphasizing libraries such as Pytorch, HuggingFace, and pandas
  • 1+ years of experience with machine learning model development, transformer architectures, and data trend analysis

Nice to Have

  • Experience with SQL databases and query language
  • Experience in AzureML, AWS, or cluster computing architectures
  • Experience with Hybrid NLP solutions that combine symbolic and machine learning approaches

Qualifications

  • Educational background not explicitly specified but implied experience levels
  • Experience with relevant tools and technologies as outlined in requirements

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 emphasizes an inclusive culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, and a focus on making a meaningful impact on communities. The organization is committed to mitigating its environmental impact and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes.

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Job Details

Posted AtAug 1, 2025
Job CategoryData Science
Salary90k-161k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeHybrid
ExperienceSenior

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About UnitedHealth Group

Website

unitedhealthgroup.com

Company Size

5001-10000 employees

Location

San Diego, CA

Industry

Direct Life, Health, and Medical Insurance Carriers

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