Careers at UnitedHealth Group
We’re creating opportunities in every corner of the health care marketplace to improve lives while we’re building careers. At UnitedHealth Group, we support you with the latest tools, advanced training and the combined strength of high caliber co-workers who share your passion, your energy and your commitment to quality. Join us and start doing your life’s best work.SM
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At UnitedHealth Group, we’re not just using technology to help millions receive care, we’re evolving it. From the most advanced development tools and methodologies to the highest levels of cybersecurity, we’re doing, sharing and learning new ways to make technology and health care work better every day. Join us and you’ll be challenged to do your life’s best work.SM
Clinical
Compassion. It’s the starting point for health care providers like you and it’s what drives us every day as we put our exceptional skills together with a real feeling of caring for others. This is a place where your impact goes beyond providing care one patient at a time. Because here, every day, you’re also providing leadership and contributing in ways that can affect millions for years to come. Ready for a new path? Learn more, and start doing your life’s best work.SM
Customer Service
Our customer service & claims teams are helping people from around the world. We can bring out your best as you put your listening, analytical and problem solving skills to work in a setting that is geared to helping improve lives and enhance health care for millions. Here, you’ll discover a wealth of pathways for professional growth within Customer Service and across our global economy. Join us and find out why this the place to do your life’s best work.SM
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 diversity and inclusion, 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
Primary Responsibilities:
- Collaborate closely with the data science, business, and strategy teams on one or more DS/ML projects throughout the engagement lifecycle, from design to implementation
- Demonstrate a solid sense of project ownership
- Ensure timely and effective communication with business partners and leaders
- Deliver engagements promptly and with high quality, requiring minimal supervision
- Partner with business teams to operationalize analytics solutions
- Communicate with business partners on all critical project functions, including data understanding and solution design
- 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:
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field preferred
- 5+ years of experience working with large-scale data/ML pipelines and their supporting infrastructure
- Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Experience deploying ML solutions on cloud platforms, preferably AWS (AWS services such as SageMaker, Bedrock, Glue)
- Experience building LLM models using the RAG framework and AI Agents, and deploying LLM applications in production
- Solid background in machine learning and statistics
- Solid foundation in data structures and algorithms
- Proficient software engineering skills
- Proficiency in Python for numerical and statistical programming (experience with Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, PyTorch is essential)
- Ability to write complex SQL queries
- Knowledge of A/B test design and analysis
- Proven track record of leading the deployment and maintenance of models
- Proven excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills
- Solid written and verbal communication skills
- Proven exceptional problem-solving abilities
- Professional, service-oriented, proactive, and flexible mindset
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.
Additional Job Detail Information
Requisition Number 2273982
Business Segment Optum Global Advantage
Employee Status Regular
Travel No
Is_Internal:
External
Overtime Status Exempt
Schedule Full-time
Shift Day Job
Telecommuter Position No
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