AI ML Engineer

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. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop sophisticated generative AI algorithms and models to create new data samples, patterns, or content based on existing data or inputs
• Conduct model testing, validation, and optimization to enhance performance
• Collaborate with stakeholders to preprocess, analyze, and interpret extensive datasets

• Stay current with the latest advancements in generative AI technologies and practices



• 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:

• Graduate degree or equivalent experience
• Certifications in AI/ML
• 4+ years of experience in AI/ML projects
• Experience implementing multiple machine learning and AI techniques such as supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning, Deep learning, NLP
• Should have a working experience of AI/ML projects deployed in Production.
• Proficiency with cloud development environments such as Azure Proficiency with experience in ML and NLP
• Proven good grasp of using LLMs, Deploying LLMs Proficiency in libraries such as Hugging face and OpenAI API
• Solid programming skills in Python
• Knowledge and Experience of working with Large Language Models, RAG, Transformers
• Experience in developing API's (FastAPI)
• Working experience on Copilot for Coding.
• Working experience of projects in Pharmacy area.
• Good Understanding of Agentic AI, LangGraph, LangChain
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure)
• Knowledge of UAIS
• Knowledge of MLRB Process
• Good understanding and Experience of GitHub Management, CodeQL etc.

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.