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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. OptumCare 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. OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Principal AI/ML Engineer

AI EngineerMachine Learning EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 10,001

Location

United States

Posted

19 days ago

Salary

Not specified

No structured requirement data.

Job Description

This role involves leading data science work conceptualizing, designing, developing, and maintaining AI/ML models for disease progression and patient engagement programs. Meet with business partners to understand requirements and design solution(s) which work best for the problem Review AI/ML model ideas, engineering designs and offer ideas for new approaches Develop and evolve Data Science and Engineering roadmap for disease progression and patient engagement programs Raise the bar on excellence in execution in terms of quality, timeliness, and scalability Collaborate with counterparts in other geographical locations to ensure smooth execution of critical projects across the board Recommend applicable technical patterns and solutions that are aligned with architectural guiding principles and standards through a regular cadence of delivery and continuous improvement initiatives Collaborate closely with Product and Capability Architects on aligning inferred Solutions and Enterprise architecture to granular technical patterns and solutions Govern technical debt and promote balance

Job Requirements

  • MS degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 7+ years of experience using computer languages (Python, SQL) to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets, including cloud-based Databricks and Azure AI Services
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field (preferred)
  • 10+ years of data science experience (preferred)
  • Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts and experience with applications (preferred)
  • Proven solid problem-solving skills with an emphasis on model development and engineering (preferred)
  • Proven outstanding communication skills both written and verbal (preferred)
  • Knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques (clustering, decision trees, neural networks, graph ML, OCR, sentiment analysis, etc.) and their real-world advantages/drawbacks (preferred)

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Incentive and recognition programs
  • Equity stock purchase
  • 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements)
  • 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.

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