Senior AI/ML Engineer - 2349738 - Remote Eligible

Senior AI/ML Engineer

Employer: Optum Services Inc.

Location: 1 Optum Circle, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (Telecommuting available from anywhere in the U.S.)

Duties: Research, design, and develop computer and network software or specialized utility programs such as health care documentation system; design, develop, and implement systems that derive information from patient data in a scalable, reliable, and cost-effective manner; analyze clinical data and determine the best designs on how to process the data; ensure the delivery of high-quality, maintainable, and efficient code; build systems designed to allow customers to effectively ingest and store patient-related data allowing data scientists and engineers to access this data with ease; and engage with customers to develop at least one Healthcare AI product, from ideation to product release. Telecommuting is available from anywhere in the U.S.

Requirements: Employer will accept a Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and 36 months of experience in the job offered or a computer-related occupation. Experience must include: * Applied AI/ML engineering; * Develop and deploy machine learning and large language model (LLM) solutions, including integrating real-time inference pipelines using AWS SageMaker; * Design automated evaluation workflows, supporting ML model refinement; * Design and managing distributed computing environments; * Build scalable systems using AWS technologies such as Lambda, S3, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, EC2, CloudWatch, or Batch to support large-scale data ingestion, processing, and AI workloads; * Design and develop AI applications in the healthcare domain including payer, provider, or health records; * Use modern programming languages such as Python or Java; * Manage CI/CD workflows and infrastructure provisioning using tools such as AWS Cloud Formation, GitHub Actions, and Artifactory; * Databases including NoSQL and SQL; * Transfer ML models in production cloud environments by implementing APIs and containerize services such as Docker, Artifactory, Amazon ECR, or API Gateway; and * Work with data scientists, healthcare professionals, and product managers in designing the user experience for at least one healthcare related product.

Rate of Pay: $144,144 - $216,216 / per year

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

UnitedHealth Group offers a full range of comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental and vision, as well as matching 401k and an employee stock purchase plan.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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