Software Engineer - AI ML Engineer

Caring. Connecting. Growing Together

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.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Developing and deploying scalable web based Generative AI powered webservices
• Generate innovative solutions to resolve application problems
• Be eager to learn and engage in architectural discussion or review for the betterment of the product
• Communicate with all stakeholders or Leaders
• Demonstrate as subject matter expertise in their chosen functional or application area
• Generate innovative ideas to resolve application problems
• Evaluate, redesign and modify existing program logic to improve overall system performance
• Be able to conduct feasibility studies for significant new systems or expansion of current systems
• Take complete ownership of the assigned applications
• Drive initiatives for betterment
• 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:

• Sound knowledge of SDLC
• Exposure to state-of-the-art GenAI frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph and Pydantic
• Good knowledge of various exploratory data analytics methodologies
• In-depth knowledge of various models with their purpose, error and evaluation metrics
• Knowledge of MLOps, Apache airflow and tools like Optuna or Prometheus and Grafana
• Knowledge of core deep learning algorithms (like ANN, CNN, RNN, LSTM, VAE(variational auto-encoder) and GPT
• Good exposure of SQL and NoSQL databases
• Proficient in developing and deploying web APIs and AIML based applications using Python (Numpy, Pandas, PyTorch), TensorFlow, Flask or FastAPI
• Proficient in various prompting techniques
• Proven excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven adaptable to need based on working hours if required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Working experience in Azure based cloud technologies
• Experience of working on Agile based development approach

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.