Job Specifications
hackajob is collaborating with UnitedHealth Group to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.
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.
Optum AI is UnitedHealth Group's enterprise AI 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.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Optum AI Team Members
Have impact at scale: We have the data and resources to make an impact at scale. When our solutions are deployed, they have the potential to make health care system work better for everyone
Do ground-breaking work: Many of our current projects involve cutting edge ML, NLP and LLM techniques. Generative AI methods for working with structured and unstructured health care data are continuously being developed and improved. We are working in one of the most important frontiers of AI/ML research and development
Partner with world-class experts on innovative solutions: Our team members are developing novel AI/ML solutions to business challenges. In some cases, this includes the opportunity to file patents and publish papers about the methods we develop. We also collaborate with AI/ML researchers at some of the world's top universities
Primary Responsibilities
Developing and implementing models and methods that extend and improve LLM capabilities and reliability
Research, design and implement scalable machine learning solutions
Developing new solutions and science best practices in Responsible AI
Developing our research and innovation agenda
Design, implement and deploy Deep Learning models, RAG and LLMs
Collaborating with the Optum AI team and fellow scientist and engineers
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.
Required Qualifications
Master degree in computer science, Machine Learning, statistics, engineering, mathematics, or another STEM discipline
3+ years of DL frameworks such as PyTorch and/or TensorFlow
2+ years of experience using ML to solve problems in natural language processing (NLP), multimodal RT processing, and/or other AI domains
2+ years of experience in Generative AI, grounding architectures, fine-tuning LLMs and/or improving pre-train LLM's performance
2+ years of developing machine learning applications
1+ years of solid agentic research and developing experience
Preferred Qualifications
Ph.D. in Machine Learning with focus on NLP and/or GenAI
Experience with Advanced Deep Learning, applied math and statistics
Experience developing and refining graph science methods and LLMs
Experience developing agentic frameworks to empower autonomous agent
Proven solid technical and scientific knowledge about generative AI
All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. 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. The salary for this role will range from $71,200 to $127,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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
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