Senior AI ML Engineer Remote Nationwide or Hybrid in NJ or MN or DC

UnitedHealth Group • Basking Ridge, NJ

9h • Hybrid

About The Position

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care’s most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Optum Technology is UnitedHealth Group’s enterprise team. We are AI/ML scientists and engineers with deep expertise in AI/ML engineering for health care. We develop AI/ML solutions for the highest impact opportunities across UnitedHealth Group businesses including UnitedHealthcare, Optum Financial, Optum Health, Optum Insight, and Optum Rx. In addition to transforming the health care journey through responsible AI/ML innovation, our charter also includes developing and supporting an enterprise AI/ML development platform.
If you are located in NJ/MN/DC, you will have the flexibility to work remotely as you take on some tough challenges. This position follows a hybrid schedule with four in-office days per week.
You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years of hands-on experience building AI/ML solutions, including LLMs, Generative AI, and traditional ML models
• 5+ years of experience hosting applications in cloud environments
• Solid experience with Chatbots, conversational AI, and NLP-based solutions
• Solid knowledge of security, access controls, logging, monitoring, performance tuning, disaster recovery, and production operations

Nice To Haves

• 5+ years of experience with Web and API development
• Healthcare experience

Responsibilities

• Lead AI/ML adoption across the team, driving innovative use of both Generative AI and traditional ML techniques
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and continuously improve AI-powered software solutions to meet customer and business needs
• Build responsible AI solutions and service components to support the Provider community, ensuring compliance with ethical and regulatory standards
• Develop new features leveraging AI/ML, including Generative AI models, predictive analytics, and automation capabilities
• Provide technical leadership for AI initiatives, including Chatbots and conversational AI solutions
• Partner with product management, architects, and engineering leadership to deliver creative, scalable AI solutions for healthcare challenges
• Drive alignment with enterprise AI strategies and ensure solutions meet business objectives and engineering best practices
• Accountable for high-quality software deliverables and operational excellence
• Mentor and train team members on AI/ML technologies, frameworks, and responsible AI practices
• Collaborate with broader engineering teams to integrate AI into cloud modernization efforts and digital-first initiatives
• Exercise independent judgment to prioritize, plan, and manage AI-related activities and projects

Benefits

• In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).
• No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level